Reply #8: I must have read 5 "sissy" threads today [View All]

[roughsatori]

Odd that I am offended by that. I was not taunted as a "sissy" or "gay," in school. I was in the "cool," politically aware and left group of kids (and I did not even trust them enough to tell my sexuality to since they used "fag" as an insult too. I think that using "sissy" is a covert way of insinuation "fag."

I have known some feminine men who were clearly "sissies" and extraordinarily brave. Conversely, I have known "masculine" men who were cowards. There is an implication in the word "sissy" that only "men" can be strong, brave, and in control--not women, or men who are perceived as womanish. I wonder if "sissy" is not only rooted in homophobia but sexism.