Gender-based peculiarities of dysphemisms usage

Currently the problem of gender differentiation captures the interest of many researchers from various fields of knowledge. It is relevant for linguistics as well. This article deals with the questions of gender-based peculiarities of using dysphemisms in speech as a part of the artistic discourse. The aim of the research is to detect and analyze the peculiarities in dysphemisms usage inherent in the representatives of different genders. To achieve this goal we have used the content analysis and comparative method. All the outcomes are supported by examples; the conclusions about the research results are drawn at the end of the article.