STEM's reputation as unwelcoming to all is often criticised. Frequent examples include things like the headline in this article. What value does "cock" add to

STEM's reputation as unwelcoming to all is often criticised. Frequent examples include things like the headline in this article. What value does "cock" add to blocking in this context? While I'm not always in favor of things like renaming "master" and "slave" to "leader" and "follower" (since primary/replica is better) https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/26k5la/django_replaces_masterslave_terminology_with/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/26k5la/django_... I do think that programmers as a whole could be served by showing a little discretion. If "cock" isn't adding value & isn't particularly adding anything in terms of humor it'd be better to just leave it out.