The Big Bad from Buffy the Vampire Slayer bs comic book continuation in Season 12 Harth Fray explains why men are not able to be Slayers.
One question that has long plagued the minds of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans is why has there never been a male Slayer. The Slayer line has always been comprised of women. It's clear that the creative choice is a deliberate feminist one made to subvert audience expectations, with Buffy taking the deceptive appearance of the average horror movie victim blonde sassy always falling down etc. Most audiences recognize the metaphor but it is never been symbolized in canon during the TV show as to why the Slayer line is always women and never men but now fans have an answer!
It is not until the 12th season of Buffy outlined in a comic continuation that audiences finally receive clarity on the issue thanks to Harth who is a vampire master and the season is Big Bad. To combat him, Buffy has Willow conduct a spell that would give her the powers of all active Slayers. However moments before she could consume that power Harth jumps into the way taking the power for himself.
In Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelveby Christos Gage, Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty Harth can only hold the power for so long before succumbing to it, unable to cope with the psychological toll that a Slayer s power holds. As Giles explains men can take the power of a Slayer, but they cannot endure it. Men simply are not capable of bearing the powers and memories of a Slayer without going mad. Harth because he is a soulless vampire and the twin brother of a Slayer named Fray lasts longer than most men would but even he can not do it because of his gender.
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