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comment by longstocking
longstocking  ·  3789 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Does keeping your mouth shut make you weak?

When a guy calls his bro a "pussy" he is not calling him a slang term for a fucking 16th century word no one knows. Nor is he calling him a cat because apparently cats have some notoriety for being cowardly? In the context of modern society it is incredibly self-evident what someone means when they call someone a "pussy" and it is so obviously a gendered insult I cannot believe people still bring this up.

Also as if you really needed more evidence against it: pusillanimous is an adjective and pussy is used as a noun in every case I've ever heard it. That seems a little odd if it were shorthand, doesn't it? It's always said, "that guy is a pussy" not, "that guy is pussy".

I realize this is coming off a little sharply, but you would not believe how much I see this used as a dismissal of a bigger problem.





Ave  ·  3787 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Surprisingly, I've never actually heard anyone call someone else a pussy before. Lack of exposure, maybe, but I don't feel like it means anything anymore. Perhaps it's dying out.

Other sexist insults? Not so much.