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"Ballsiest" runs deep? Come on, the expression is now acceptable casual language to use when talking to friends - men and women. It's light-hearted, funny, sill

by exodust 11y ago

"Ballsiest" runs deep? Come on, the expression is now acceptable casual language to use when talking to friends - men and women. It's light-hearted, funny, silly, whatever-language. No need to be so serious and reduce everything to the paranoid question "is it sexist and is it harmful to society and the planet". Our society will be better off if we relax about actual real differences between the sexes, between cultures and races, and have a bit of fun about the differences. As comedians do all the time. It seems like as soon as someone says anything even approaching a casual reference to these natural differences, out comes the sexist/racist red card, followed by a lecture about how we all should know better.

ZeroGravitas 11y ago
It's not clear if you've missed the point or not (edit: reading your other response on this sub-thread it appears you and the point are on different planets, so this response probably wasn't worth typing). If "ballsy" is a positive description and you literally don't have balls, then it can be seen as obliquely ruling you out from ever really behaving in that way. Whether it's something you'd say in a business setting is a different conversation entirely. I was trying to find an example of a part of anatomy being used that only applies to women, but could only come up with the negative example of "hysterical".
- 13thLetter 11y ago
  > If "ballsy" is a positive description and you literally don't have balls, then it can be seen as obliquely ruling you out from ever really behaving in that way. Well, lots of things "can be seen" in lots of different ways; that doesn't speak to how reasonable such behavior is. If you said Merry Christmas to me, I "could see" it as religious bigotry, were I so inclined.
- antod 11y ago
  Don't get me started on 'gutsy'. Skinny people can be brave too no matter what deeply held stereotypes persist in our fatriarchal society.
- exodust 11y ago
  By that logic, "Dutch courage" rules most of us out from that sort of courage. "Ballsy" when used to describe courage, is as removed from the actual body part as "bosom of civilisation" is to a woman's breasts. Googling "ballsy" returns dictionary examples such as "she was a cool, ballsy woman".

by exodust 11y ago

ZeroGravitas 11y ago

It's not clear if you've missed the point or not (edit: reading your other response on this sub-thread it appears you and the point are on different planets, so this response probably wasn't worth typing). If "ballsy" is a positive description and you literally don't have balls, then it can be seen as obliquely ruling you out from ever really behaving in that way. Whether it's something you'd say in a business setting is a different conversation entirely. I was trying to find an example of a part of anatomy being used that only applies to women, but could only come up with the negative example of "hysterical".

13thLetter 11y ago
> If "ballsy" is a positive description and you literally don't have balls, then it can be seen as obliquely ruling you out from ever really behaving in that way. Well, lots of things "can be seen" in lots of different ways; that doesn't speak to how reasonable such behavior is. If you said Merry Christmas to me, I "could see" it as religious bigotry, were I so inclined.
antod 11y ago
Don't get me started on 'gutsy'. Skinny people can be brave too no matter what deeply held stereotypes persist in our fatriarchal society.
exodust 11y ago
By that logic, "Dutch courage" rules most of us out from that sort of courage. "Ballsy" when used to describe courage, is as removed from the actual body part as "bosom of civilisation" is to a woman's breasts. Googling "ballsy" returns dictionary examples such as "she was a cool, ballsy woman".