It is well known that the most popular way of vilifying a man in Arab society was, and still is, to impugn the sexual mores of his female relatives, preferably his mother or sisters, implying that the man is unable to control them and preserve his honour. It is still done using common vulgar expletives that one may hear on th street; it was also employed in high-status poetry.
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