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[–] PbSO4@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Doesn't the use of pussy as "cowardly", "shrinking", or "harmless", derive from "pussycat", referring to the animal's propensity to flee danger? I was under the impression that its use for genitals was a parallel construction.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

uh i think it comes from "purser" but nobody knows that and the primary association is the misogynist one.

[–] PbSO4@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

I don't want to go all "reclaim", but the problem as stated seems to be its use as slang for vaginas, not its use for the cowardly