Why do you never hear tough chicks described as having "a lot of ovaries"?

[Taverner]

I mean, its a comparable organ - and balls is so gender specific

[DarkTirade]

1. I've heard it before.

But I tend to hang out with weird people. :P

[petronius]

2. Because ovary has that soft long-e ending; it just doesn't sound tough

"Balls" is an in-your-face spitting kind of sound, and even testicles has a lot of hard consonants...

[derby378]

3. A music critic once hinted that Kate Bush has "got vulva" because of her lyrics

Does that count? It might have been someone from Rolling Stone, I don't know for sure.

[Taverner]

4. I like that - 'Got Vulva' - but I'm a guy

Watch me embrace this, only to be kicked in my cojones for being sexist

[LeftyMom]

5. Female toughness should be denoted by the cervix.

Anybody who's gone into labor, had a medical procedure that involved dilating the cervix or just got jabbed real good during an exam will know why.

[Taverner]

10. Cervix of Steel, Cervicicima, Sir Vex.....hmmmm

[Dr. Strange]

6. When women start driving with plastic ovaries on the backs of their pickups...

then we'll have true equality.


(I believe it was Ghandi who said that.)

[derby378]

7. Noooooooo! No truck balls, please!

I mean, that is seriously wrong. "Truck balls." Come on. Who thought of this stuff?

[TZ]

13. bwahaha!

Dude I know what you want to see women driving with on the backs of their pickups but it involves OTHER female related body parts....:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

25. Check out the headlights on that truck!

Yeah, that sounds like something I'd like!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

8. Personally. . .

I think "cast-iron cunt" is a lot more intimidating than a mere pair of balls. Unfortunately, a vulva doesn't make as fun and recognizable a necklace:

[SarahB]

9. One can use "gonads" or just "nads"

it's non-gender specific.

Testicles= gonads
Ovaries= goanads

[Chemical Bill]

11. A local college has sports teams called the "Nads"

The stands break out in the cheer: "Go Nads!"

Hint: it's an art school

Bill

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Too many syllables?

[sunnybrook]

14. I've actually used that phrase

that's when people look at me like I'm crazy, :crazy: but I do it anyway! It is insulting to hear a tough politician like Hillary for example, described as having "alot of balls!" so stupid and outdated!

[Orrex]

15. Because that would mean putting all of their eggs in one basket

Duh.

[mcctatas]

16. Someone told me I had cervical fortitude once...

and no it wasn't my gynecologist! :evilgrin:

[Orrex]

17. Maybe they meant that you have a strong neck?

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. That would go well with

mons' best friend.



;)

[mcctatas]

22. Doh!

I just got that! :rofl:

[mopinko]

19. huevos.

eggs.

[Starry Messenger]

20. I've heard it before.

That and "attack womb". ;)

[RandomThoughts]

21. A character on SG1 might be able to answer that.

Samantha Carter on SG1 said

"I'm an Air Force officer just like you are, Colonel. And just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn't mean I can't handle whatever you can handle."

In a latter episode she answered your question

"Just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn't- God that's horrible! Who would ever say that?"

[coyotespaw]

23. Comparable organ, but much less visible...

[Shell Beau]

24. Because men made up the saying about having balls!!

Easy as that! Women don't tend to equate things to body parts!


At least the women I know!

[RadicalTexan]

26. Yeah, balls should signify weakness - I mean, they're man's weak spot

in more ways than one.

Stupid misogyny.

[Blue_Tires]

27. i've tried to get people to use it at DU

since so many would complain about the 'balls' reference

[Lil Missy]

28. The proper term is "brass ovaries".

:D

[Tom Kitten]

29. check out the difference

between men and women's reproductive organs...there really is no comparison...they seem to be opposites..crying foul over such matters is in the long run futile...

[LaurenG]

30. Well, I use a phrase like that quite often

I have been known to tell people "We can do this, reach deep and grab your ovaries."

[NewJeffCT]

31. How about backbone or spine or guts?

they're gender neutral terms.