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