Religion

I thought it was a very odd thing to say, too. While I have those, my brain is in my head, which is where my thoughts come from. My testicles have a different function, which has nothing whatever to do with posting on DU.

People put that odd concept into words in a number of ways: Grow a pair! is one of them you see pretty often. It is terribly sexist to assume that those organs have anything to do with courage or forthrightness. Yet some people seem confused about that. Generally, it seems to be men who say such things. Perhaps they think their intelligence is stored somewhere in them.

I find it rather amusing, though. Talk about misplaced ideas about how humans function! But, odd ideas are pretty common here in this group. Ideas that really don't make much sense.

I never hear anyone tell a woman she needs a pair of ovaries, somehow. I know many courageous, assertive women. None of them have testicles, as far as I know.