Why are muscle-shirts called "wife-beaters"?

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BECAUSE THE MEN WHO WEAR THOSE THINGS SEEM TO BE THE TYPES THAT WOULD BEAT THEIR WOMEN, AND SECONDLY, WITHOUT THE SLEEVES, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PROVIDE A FAIR RANGE OF MOTION FOR THAT ACTIVITY. THEY COULD ALSO BE CALLED DRUNK BOWLER SHIRTS CAUSE IVE SEEN SOME DRUNK BOWLERS WEAR THEM BEFORE.

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never heard this before.

The name is not for the SHIRTS, it's for the GUYS who wear them!
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http://www.cheapestees.com/amapmentan.html

Ever watched COPS?

first time i hear this

i wear them.i call mine man-beater.

Why not. Why are hands called peter-beaters?
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This is not intended to exploit or harm minors, be violent, racist, incendiary, or otherwise objectionable, violate federal, state or local law, include profane, obscene, vulgar or sexually explicit language, glorify anorexia, bulimia, or the loss of weight to levels that are clearly unhealthy. This answer is my opinion

Dude.Wife beater is a slang term used in North America and Scotland to refer to a tank top, singlet, or 'muscle shirt' when worn as a sole, outer layer as opposed to being worn as an undershirt. This term is often seen as demeaning and is often associated with the similarly derogatory phrase "white trash".
A possible origin for the English usage is the famous scene in the movie A Streetcar Named Desire, where Marlon Brando's character, yells "Stella!", the name of his wife, as he begs her to return after violently beating her.
Think "De Niro, in Raging Bull" or Kid Rock.
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stolen in part from Wikipedia

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