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6. You mistake characteristic with gender attribute

Reply to cali (Original post)

Tue Jun 14, 2016, 06:41 AM

Jun 2016

But the fact is that just like yin and yang are feminine and masculine, with an element of each within the other, so is the duality of the words bravery and cowardice (or foolhardy and sensible - connotation is everything).

Stressing about the gender attribution of words is a waste of concern.

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Gentlemen: Courage is not a masculine attribute [View all] cali Jun 2016 OP

Life itself with all of the "normal" problems Ilsa Jun 2016 #1

May I ask what prompted this post? potone Jun 2016 #2

Sure. I see it here constantly. cali Jun 2016 #3

Yes, so do I. potone Jun 2016 #4

Oh, I've been thinking about writing it for ages cali Jun 2016 #5

It is seen here on DU every day, and IRL several times a day. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #13

You mistake characteristic with gender attribute Android3.14 Jun 2016 #6

what utter codswallop. cali Jun 2016 #7

As long as we recognize that codswallop translates to "facts that are contrary to my opinion" Android3.14 Jun 2016 #10

this is why my favorite slang for having guts is not balls but mopinko Jun 2016 #8

Yes! Our genitals are NOT a source of courage FrodosPet Jun 2016 #9

K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #11

Balls are tough and pussies are weak? NightWatcher Jun 2016 #12

You want to know how tough women really are? Ponder this. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #16

Hell, yeah, cali! PeaceNikki Jun 2016 #14

Hear hear to that reign88 Jun 2016 #15

lol, whatever you have to tell yourself. closeupready Jun 2016 #17

So "he's a real pussy" isn't a common insult? cali Jun 2016 #18

Female individuals of most mammal species are docile and passive closeupready Jun 2016 #19

Definitely don't disagree on the biological argument reign88 Jun 2016 #20

I don't begrudge anyone the desire to talk about this stuff. closeupready Jun 2016 #21

Oh I'm 100% with you on reign88 Jun 2016 #22

A common insult that LIES about women & denigrates them whathehell Jun 2016 #30

Why are you directing this observation at only men? Ignorance isn't a masculine attribute. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2016 #23

There are two theories about the word "pussy" used to describe cowardice. Neither have anything to CBGLuthier Jun 2016 #24

This thread has been enlightening. demmiblue Jun 2016 #25

You said genitalia. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author X_Digger Jun 2016 #27

Testicles as a metaphor for courage goes back 600 years Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #28

Intestinal fortitude was the most common reference to courage I recall in the Marines Fumesucker Jun 2016 #29