Reply #45: It's not the testicles, it's the testosterone. [View All]

For a long time testosterone has been equated with aggression.

I can't recall using the expression "grow a pair" for quite some time, but it doesn't mean I won't in the future.

I heard it used three times this week alone. On Realtime, The Daily Show, and by a stand-up. It's not going away.

If I knew you personally and knew you found it offensive, out of courtesy I would refrain from using the term/expression when in your presence.

But we are on an open forum with many different people. And many different things are offensive to those many different people. There are some basics that people agree upon, and obviously behavior and attitude will indicate whether a person intends to purposefully offend another person, but generally speaking...you will not win this one in an open forum.

Some forms of taking offense are very personal, and no open forum can satisfy everyone in that regard.

The fact is that when the organs of generation are altered in animals both male and female, their behaviour is also altered. They are more passive, overall.