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He's using the last of the definitions you linked to: "one that is generally unmanly." No homophobia anywhere to be seen.
by camperman 11y ago
He's using the last of the definitions you linked to: "one that is generally unmanly." No homophobia anywhere to be seen.
- riskneural 11y agoI also grew up using pansy as in weakling, as in like the flower. Gay men can be pansies or not. Straight men can be pansies or not. Sometimes I am a pansy. Sometimes I am not.
- ghaff 11y agoThere is a connection to offensive meanings even if it's not strictly a slur. It's the wrong word here anyway--really the opposite of what I would take as the intended meaning. The behavior being argued here certainly isn't weak; those arguing against it are saying that it's overly aggressive.