on "having balls" or "being a pussy"

When someone says, "Don't be a pussy," they are really saying, "stop being a wimp." But it's exaggerated, like the difference between saying "gosh darnit!" and "DAMMIT!"

Conversely, when someone says, "Damn, he/she/it has balls," they're really saying "Damn, he/she/it is tough and fearless."

Like what? What???? How does this slang make any sense to anyone with even remote knowledge of biology. Did the creators of this terminology even take sex ed?!

Let's review the facts.

Vaginas, more unaffectionately called pussies, put up with more of a beating than any other part of the human body, except for maybe the heart (pun intended). No, but really. Pregnancy and child-bearing causes the largest deviation from homeostasis (the happy place of the body) for not just women, but all human kind, than any other human activity (including football).

Those things stretch, tear, and put up with the extreme discomfort of bad sex and pushing out a human child. And, then, it keeps going! Often doing it again, sometimes consecutive times in a single birthing session. (Fun fact: the most babies birthed by a single woman is 69*)

Testicles (a.k.a balls), on the other hand, also carry a the makings of a human child--when they are microscopic. These things hide from cold weather in the safety of their person, are sensitive to the slightest touch...essentially they are scared of everything and anything and run from even the smallest stressors.

So explain to me how vaginas are the weak ones and balls are the fearless ones.

Anyone would be lucky to be called a pussy, or at least way luckier than actually being one. What a compliment to your fortitude, bravery, and resilience! Vaginas in this world are expected to and do perform one of the hardest if not the hardest tasks of human kind hundreds of thousands of times a day.

So let's change the terminology...or at least look into the accuracy of our middle school sex ed classes.

*Marie M. Clay; Clay (1989). Quadruplets and Higher Multiple Births. London: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

**Disclaimer: I understand "pussies" and "balls" are symbolic of the genders for which they are reproductive organs and explicative of gender stereotypes and not inaccurate sexual education. But, either way, we should stop perpetuating these stereotypes. Still feeling arugmentative? Fine. Then just let me have this rant.**