Why do we insult men with names designating women’s genitalia? We never insult women by using male genitalia. Have you ever heard a man or a woman call another woman a prick or a dickhead or a bastard?

I’m glad I have a pussy, as my vagina is called in the vernacular. It’s brought lots of happiness to me and The Husband. Pussies aren’t weak, as they are designated to be when men (and women too) use the term to describe a weak man. Pussies gave birth to all of you males who find it so easy to insult someone using the name of the sacred place where your head and dick and ass came out of. So I can only assume that a woman’s vagina began to be used as a detrimental term for males because women are perceived, still, as lesser than men, weaker, stupid, there for the purpose of men to do with as they will, including insulting other men using parts of women’s bodies, which are actually the threshold of life, not to mention the pleasure center for men, women, and persons.

I could delve into the research that shows how women are stronger than men or as strong in numerous situations, whether it’s raising families alone, surviving physical pain or stress better than men (can you imagine a man having a baby!?), but I won’t do all that. Knock yourself out if you’re someone who only will change when some fun fact is thrown in front of you.

Yes, there’s also the issue of this having been used detrimentally for so long that even enlightened men and women continue to use the term pussy to describe another male they perceive to be lesser than them for whatever reason. Common uses are athletes who mess up a play. Picture the men on the couch all yelling, “You fucking pussy!” Another ironical use is when one man is harassing or physically abusing a woman and other men or women come to the rescue and call the perp a pussy for beating up a woman. Yeah, weird, right?

Well, as we look closer at some of the terms we use in various situations, it’s time to reimagine and relearn what might be better terms to use when we want to insult the male sex. Remember that you also need to start making this change inside your head, where no one else hears you, so that you make sure it really begins to be embedded. This can be applied to other words that should be banned even from the inside of our heads too. You know what those are.

Here’s some new options, guys, for that next really nasty insult that you make when you want to take down another male person: dickless wonder; limp-dicked prick; ball-less asshole; fuck-breath; nano-dick; bastard; weak-ass fucker; dribble dick. There’s a good list to start with, and I’m sure that you can come up with even more wonderful replacements for male insults that actually insult male genitalia, and not the most wonderous female pussy.

So keep those insults coming, because we all need to vent at others with colorful terminology. But leave our pussies alone. Cheers!

From Lady Proverbs, somewhere on the Oregon coast.