the_cat_vagina_continuum epitome of incomprehensibility No, seriously, I do not understand this. It amuses but also confuses me that this exists in two languages. English: cat - pussy - vagina French: chat - minou, chatte (a female cat, get it? - vagin (surprisingly, this is a masculine noun) I don't think the word "pussy" is necessarily offensive, just a bit juvenile, and maybe in a cute way. It made me shake my head when a sex columnist from a Concordia paper once censored it as p*ssy (perhaps at an editor's bidding). But but but, what is the leap of logic, whichever language started it, that turned a word for a cat or kitten into a word for female genitalia? I can't think of many similarities without sounding gross, e.g. both are hairy outside and pinkish inside - and that not for the hairy part but for the pinkish part, because I don't like the idea of cutting cats open (though that's perhaps hypocritical of me as a meat-eater). Also, whether body hair is considered gross or attractive seems to be a cultural thing that fluctuates; witness this Baudelaire poem: ... Les promesses d'un visage J'aime, ô pâle beauté, tes sourcils surbaissés, D'où semblent couler des ténèbres, Tes yeux, quoique très noirs, m'inspirent des pensers Qui ne sont pas du tout funèbres. Tes yeux, qui sont d'accord avec tes noirs cheveux, Avec ta crinière élastique, Tes yeux, languissamment, me disent: "Si tu veux, Amant de la muse plastique, Suivre l'espoir qu'en toi nous avons excité, Et tous les goûts que tu professes, Tu pourras constater notre véracité Depuis le nombril jusqu'aux fesses; Tu trouveras au bout de deux beaux seins bien lourds, Deux larges médailles de bronze, Et sous un ventre uni, doux comme du velours, Bistré comme la peau d'un bonze, Une riche toison qui, vraiment, est la soeur De cette énorme chevelure, Souple et frisée, et qui t'égale en épaisseur, Nuit sans étoiles, Nuit obscure!" ... I like sexy Baudelaire and surrealist (proto-surrealist?) Baudelaire. Symbolist Baudelaire rather escapes me, probably because of my limited grasp of the language. Anyway. Vaginas to cats. In common? Vaginas (for female cats) Skin Hair Potential attractiveness But, things that cats have that vaginas don't include: Tails Eyes Teeth Claws Purring Jumping ability Night vision Any vision The ability to exist independently of another organism Mouth Nose Etc. 141111 ... lux my pussy can purr. 141111 ... e_o_i :) Alas - I know what you mean metaphorically, but I've been cursed with an overly literal mind. So my pussy does not purr. 141117 what's it to you? who go blather from