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There is way more answer to that question than I think you're really interested in hearing.
I'll say that it has to do with the socialization of young men and women, and that it is categorically a worse insult to a man to be called a woman than it is to be called a negative word for a man. There are many studies on the nature of language as it applies to socialization, and the ones I'm familiar with largely conclude that the 'strong' words are associated with male traits, and the 'weak' with female.
This is the same reason that it is offensive to adolescent men to be called 'gay' or 'fags' or 'nancies' or 'sissies' because it implies they are less than men, e.g. women. Men are defined as "not women." Girls cry, so many would admonish their boys to not be "such a girl" or not to "cry like a girl." Similarly, if you're upset about something, you're "acting like a bitch", just like the (lesser) females do.
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