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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Pussy_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Pussy (disambiguation)">Pussy (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monstruo_-_Weimar_Meneses_(7253622860).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="a long-haired kitten" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Monstruo_-_Weimar_Meneses_%287253622860%29.jpg/220px-Monstruo_-_Weimar_Meneses_%287253622860%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Monstruo_-_Weimar_Meneses_%287253622860%29.jpg/330px-Monstruo_-_Weimar_Meneses_%287253622860%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Monstruo_-_Weimar_Meneses_%287253622860%29.jpg/440px-Monstruo_-_Weimar_Meneses_%287253622860%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1360" /></a><figcaption>The word <i>pussy</i> historically refers to cats.</figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>Pussy</b></i> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is an <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> noun, adjective, and—in rare instances—verb. It has several meanings, as <a href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Euphemism" title="Euphemism">euphemism</a>, and as <a href="/wiki/Vulgarity" title="Vulgarity">vulgarity</a>. Most commonly, it is used as a noun with the meaning "<a href="/wiki/Cat" title="Cat">cat</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Cowardice" title="Cowardice">coward</a>", or "<a href="/wiki/Weakness" title="Weakness">weakling</a>". In slang, it can mean "<a href="/wiki/Vulva" title="Vulva">vulva</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vagina" title="Vagina">vagina</a>" and less commonly, by <a href="/wiki/Synecdoche" title="Synecdoche">synecdoche</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">sexual intercourse</a> with a woman".<sup id="cite_ref-OED_12_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_12-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of its multiple senses including both innocent and vulgar <a href="/wiki/Connotation" title="Connotation">connotations</a>, <i>pussy</i> is often the subject of <a href="/wiki/Double_entendre" title="Double entendre">double entendre</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">etymology</a> of the word is not clear. Several different senses of the word have different histories or origins.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OED_2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OED_3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earliest records of <i>pussy</i> are in the 19th century, meaning something fluffy. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The noun <i>pussy</i> meaning "cat" comes from the <a href="/wiki/Modern_English" title="Modern English">Modern English</a> word <i>puss</i>, a conventional name or term of address for a cat.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_puss_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_puss-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">Cognates</a> are common to several <a href="/wiki/Germanic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic language">Germanic languages</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> <i>poes</i> and <a href="/wiki/Middle_Low_German" title="Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a> <i>pūse</i>, which are also used to call a cat. The word <i>puss</i> is attested in English as early as 1533. Earlier etymology is uncertain, but similar words exist in other European languages, including <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a> <i>puižė</i> and <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> <i>puisín</i>, both traditional calls to attract a cat.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_puss_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_puss-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The words <i>puss</i> and derived forms <i>pussy</i> and <i>pusscat</i> were extended to refer to girls or women by the seventeenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OED_puss_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_puss-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This sense of <i>pussy</i> was used to refer specifically to genitalia by the eighteenth century, and from there further extended to refer to sexual intercourse involving a woman by the twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Webster%27s_Third_New_International_Dictionary" title="Webster's Third New International Dictionary">Webster's Third International Dictionary</a></i> suggests that <i>pussy</i> in the sense of "vulva" may be connected to <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> <i>pūss</i> and <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i>pusa</i>, meaning 'pocket' or 'purse'.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanings of the verb relate to the common noun senses, including "to act like a cat", "to act like a coward", or "to have sex with a woman".<sup id="cite_ref-OED_verb_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_verb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adjective meanings are likewise related to the noun. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Similar_words">Similar words</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Middle_French" title="Middle French">medieval French</a> word <i>pucelle</i> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">maiden, virgin</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span> is not related to the English word. It is attested in Old French from the ninth century, and likely derives from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>puella</i> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">girl</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span> or <i>pulla</i> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">pullet, young female chicken</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Homograph" title="Homograph">homograph</a> <i>pussy,</i> pronounced <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>, means "containing <a href="/wiki/Pus" title="Pus">pus</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-OED_3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Pussy</i> is also a variant spelling of <i>pursy</i> or <i>pursive</i>, obsolete words for 'fat, pot-bellied, short of breath, broken-winded, asthmatic (of a horse)'.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cat_and_similar">Cat and similar</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cat_and_rabbit_cuddling.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="a long-haired kitten" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Cat_and_rabbit_cuddling.jpg/220px-Cat_and_rabbit_cuddling.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Cat_and_rabbit_cuddling.jpg/330px-Cat_and_rabbit_cuddling.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Cat_and_rabbit_cuddling.jpg/440px-Cat_and_rabbit_cuddling.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The word <i>pussy</i> refers to cats as well as other animals, including rabbits and hares.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salix_caprea_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Salix_caprea_02.jpg/220px-Salix_caprea_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Salix_caprea_02.jpg/330px-Salix_caprea_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Salix_caprea_02.jpg/440px-Salix_caprea_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3860" data-file-height="2620" /></a><figcaption>Male <a href="/wiki/Catkin" title="Catkin">catkins</a> from a <a href="/wiki/Salix_caprea" title="Salix caprea">pussy willow</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Both in English and in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> <i>puss</i> was used as a "call-name" for cats, but in English <i>pussy</i> was used as a synonym for the word <i>cat</i> in other uses as well. In addition to cats, the word was also used for <a href="/wiki/Rabbit" title="Rabbit">rabbits</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hare" title="Hare">hares</a>. In the 19th century, the meaning was extended to anything soft and furry. <i><a href="/wiki/Pussy_willow" title="Pussy willow">Pussy willow</a></i>, for example, is a name applied to various species in the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Salix" class="mw-redirect" title="Salix">Salix</a></i> with furry <a href="/wiki/Catkin" title="Catkin">catkins</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Thieves%27_cant" title="Thieves' cant">thieves' cant</a> the word <i>pussy</i> means a "fur coat".<sup id="cite_ref-OED_1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i> gives as the first meaning of the noun: "Chiefly colloq[uial]. A girl or woman exhibiting characteristics associated with a cat, esp[ecially] sweetness or amiability. Freq[uently] used as a pet name or as a term of endearment." The examples it cites from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries are not sexual. Another example, not cited by the OED, is one of the main characters of <a href="/wiki/E._Nesbit" title="E. Nesbit">E. Nesbit</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Five_Children_and_It" title="Five Children and It">Five Children and It</a></i> - Jane, nicknamed Pussy by her siblings. </p><p>The verb <i>pussyfoot</i>, meaning to walk softly or to speak in an evasive or cautious manner, may come from the adjective <i>pussy-footed</i> "having a cat-like foot", or directly from the noun <i>pussyfoot</i>. This word, first attested in the late nineteenth century, is related to both the "cat" and the "woman" meanings of <i>pussy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_genitalia">Female genitalia</h3></div> <p>In contemporary English, use of the word <i>pussy</i> to refer to women themselves is considered derogatory and demeaning, treating women as sexual objects.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a reference to genitals or to sexual intercourse, the word is considered vulgar slang. Studies find the word is used more commonly in conversations among men than in groups of women or mixed-gender groups, though subjects report using <i>pussy</i> more often than other slang terms for female genitals.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are women seeking to <a href="/wiki/Reappropriation" title="Reappropriation">reclaim the word</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to symbolise sexual pleasure,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> power,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and trust in their bodies (e.g. around <a href="/wiki/Childbirth" title="Childbirth">childbirth</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Womens-March-MadisonWI-Jan212017-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Womens-March-MadisonWI-Jan212017-02.jpg/220px-Womens-March-MadisonWI-Jan212017-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Womens-March-MadisonWI-Jan212017-02.jpg/330px-Womens-March-MadisonWI-Jan212017-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Womens-March-MadisonWI-Jan212017-02.jpg/440px-Womens-March-MadisonWI-Jan212017-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Woman wearing a "<a href="/wiki/Pussyhat" title="Pussyhat">pussyhat</a>"</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s use of the word to describe celebrity interactions with women ("grab them by the pussy", known as the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape"><i>Access Hollywood</i> tape</a>) provoked strong reactions by media figures and politicians across the political spectrum; an image of a snarling cat with the slogan "pussy grabs back" became a "rallying cry for female rage against Trump".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pink "<a href="/wiki/Pussyhat" title="Pussyhat">pussyhats</a>" (knitted caps with cat-like ears) were a notable feature of <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March" title="2017 Women's March">the worldwide protests</a> held the day after Trump's inauguration as President of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name attempts to reclaim the derogatory term<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was never intended to be an anatomical representation.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Words referring to cats are used as vulgar slang for female genitals in some other European languages as well. Examples include German <i>Muschi</i> (literally "house cat"),<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French <i>chatte</i> ("female cat", also used to refer to sexual intercourse),<sup id="cite_ref-Robert_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robert-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Dutch <i>poes</i> ("puss").<sup id="cite_ref-OED_puss_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED_puss-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Portuguese term <i>rata</i> (literally "female rat")<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Norwegian <i>mus</i> ("mouse")<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are also animal terms used as vulgar slang for women's genitals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weakness">Weakness</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Gender_role" title="Gender role">Gender role</a></div> <p>The word <i>pussy</i> is also used in a derogatory sense to mean cowardly, weak, or easily fatigued. The <i>Collins Dictionary</i> says: <span class="nowrap">"(</span>taboo, slang, mainly US) an ineffectual or timid person."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It may refer to a male who is not considered sufficiently masculine, as in: "The coach calls us pussies."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Men who are dominated by women (particularly by their partners or spouses and at one time referred to as "hen-pecked"; see <a href="/wiki/Pecking_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Pecking order">pecking order</a>) can be referred to as <i>pussy-whipped</i> (or simply <i>whipped</i> in slightly more polite society or media).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This may be used simply to denigrate a man who is contented in a relationship. The hyphenated phrase is parsed as "whipped by pussy", a manipulative relationship dynamic wherein a female deliberately or subconsciously withholds sexual intercourse to coerce the male into surrendering power in other aspects of the relationship. The male's weakness is his desire for access to female genitalia, and his willingness to weaken his position in the relationship to obtain that access, combining two uses of the word pussy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Word-play_between_meanings">Word-play between meanings</h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BarrisonPussy.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BarrisonPussy.JPG/250px-BarrisonPussy.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BarrisonPussy.JPG/375px-BarrisonPussy.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/BarrisonPussy.JPG 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Barrison_Sisters" title="Barrison Sisters">Barrison Sisters</a> lift their dresses to show a live kitten, a <i>double entendre</i> of "pussy".</figcaption></figure> <p>Pussy is one of a large number of English words that has both erotic and non-erotic meanings. Such <i><a href="/wiki/Double_entendre" title="Double entendre">double entendres</a></i> have long been used in the creation of sexual humor.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This double meaning of "pussy" has been used for over a hundred years by performers, including the late-19th-century <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> act the <a href="/wiki/Barrison_Sisters" title="Barrison Sisters">Barrison Sisters</a>, who performed the notorious routine "Do You Want To See My Pussy?" in which they raised their skirts to reveal live kittens.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the British comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Are_You_Being_Served%3F" title="Are You Being Served?">Are You Being Served?</a></i> the character <a href="/wiki/Mrs._Slocombe" class="mw-redirect" title="Mrs. Slocombe">Mrs. Slocombe</a> often expressed concern for the welfare of her pussy. The <i>double entendre</i> made every reference to her cat seem to be a salacious and therefore humorous reference to her vulva.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2002 film <i><a href="/wiki/8_Mile_(film)" title="8 Mile (film)">8 Mile</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Rap_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Rap music">rapper</a> insults his rivals by including the line, "How can six dicks be pussies?" The line relies on double meanings of both <a href="/wiki/Dick_(slang)" title="Dick (slang)"><i>dick</i></a> (either "contemptible person" or "male genitalia") and <i>pussy</i> ("weak" or "female genitalia"). Such <a href="/wiki/Word_play" title="Word play">word play</a> presents a challenge for translators of the film.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pussy_Riot" title="Pussy Riot">Pussy Riot</a> is a Russian <a href="/wiki/Radical_feminist" class="mw-redirect" title="Radical feminist">radical feminist</a> <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk rock</a> collective that stages illegal events in Moscow protesting President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> and the status of <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Russia" title="Women in Russia">women in Russian</a> society. Band member "Kot" says that she knows how the word is used in English, and that it is also used in Russian as <a href="/wiki/Term_of_endearment" title="Term of endearment">term of endearment</a> for little girls. These various meanings create a tension with the word "riot", which the group likes.<sup id="cite_ref-Pussy_Riot_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pussy_Riot-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg/220px-Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg/330px-Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg/440px-Boucher_toilette_1742.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1642" /></a><figcaption>An 18th century painting by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher" title="François Boucher">François Boucher</a> depicting a woman with a cat between her legs</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2017 <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> released a series of short videos on YouTube about female <a href="/wiki/Sexual_health" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual health">sexual health</a>, with the overall title "How to take care of your pussy". Instead of the word "pussy" being shown or spoken, a cat appears instead. The visuals consist mainly of cats, playing on the popularity of <a href="/wiki/Cats_and_the_Internet" title="Cats and the Internet">cat videos</a>, with a voiceover by <a href="/wiki/Sasheer_Zamata" title="Sasheer Zamata">Sasheer Zamata</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Refinery29" title="Refinery29">Refinery29</a></i> called it "a pretty genius metaphor"<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Metro_(British_newspaper)" title="Metro (British newspaper)">Metro</a></i> said: "If there are two things left in this world that are inherently wonderful, it's cats and vaginas. Don't argue. It's true.[...] It makes sense, then, that Planned Parenthood has decided to combine the two to create a truly splendid video series."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series has been shortlisted for a <a href="/wiki/Shorty_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Shorty Award">Shorty Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cunt" title="Cunt">Cunt</a></i>, another old vulgarism for the vulva</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/-ussy" title="-ussy">-ussy</a></i>, a derivative suffix</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-OED_12-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OED_12_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"pussy, <i>n</i>. and <i>adj</i>.<sup>2</sup>". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=pussy%2C+n.+and+adj.%3Csup%3E2%3C%2Fsup%3E&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED_1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OED_1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OED_1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OED_1_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OED_1_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"pussy, <i>n</i>. and <i>adj</i>.<sup>2</sup>". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=pussy%2C+n.+and+adj.%3Csup%3E2%3C%2Fsup%3E&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED_2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OED_2_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"pussy, <i>adj</i>.<sup>1</sup>". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=pussy%2C+adj.%3Csup%3E1%3C%2Fsup%3E&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED_3-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OED_3_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OED_3_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"pussy, <i>adj</i>.<sup>3</sup>". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=pussy%2C+adj.%3Csup%3E3%3C%2Fsup%3E&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED_puss-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OED_puss_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OED_puss_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OED_puss_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OED_puss_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"puss, <i>n</i>.<sup>1</sup>". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=puss%2C+n.%3Csup%3E1%3C%2Fsup%3E&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGove1961" class="citation book cs1">Gove, Phillip (1961). <i>Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged</i>. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8777-9302-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8777-9302-1"><bdi>978-0-8777-9302-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Webster%27s+Third+New+International+Dictionary+of+the+English+Language%2C+Unabridged&rft.place=Springfield%2C+MA&rft.pub=G.+%26+C.+Merriam&rft.date=1961&rft.isbn=978-0-8777-9302-1&rft.aulast=Gove&rft.aufirst=Phillip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED_verb-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OED_verb_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"pussy, <i>v</i>.". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=pussy%2C+v.&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"pucelle, <i>n</i>.". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=pucelle%2C+n.&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oed.com/dictionary/pussy_adj1"><i>Oxford English Dictionary</i></a>. 2007. s.v. 'pussy' adjective<sup>1</sup>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.pages=s.v.+%27pussy%27+adjective%3Csup%3E1%3C%2Fsup%3E&rft.date=2007&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oed.com%2Fdictionary%2Fpussy_adj1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWebsterPorter1913" class="citation book cs1">Webster, Noah; Porter, Noah (1913). <i>Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language</i>. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam. pp. 1166–1167. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/504785161">504785161</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Webster%27s+Revised+Unabridged+Dictionary+of+the+English+Language&rft.place=Springfield%2C+MA&rft.pages=1166-1167&rft.pub=G.+%26+C.+Merriam&rft.date=1913&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F504785161&rft.aulast=Webster&rft.aufirst=Noah&rft.au=Porter%2C+Noah&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"pussyfoot, <i>v</i>.". <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> (third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=pussyfoot%2C+v.&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.place=Oxford&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames1998" class="citation journal cs1">James, Deborah (1998). "Gender-linked derogatory terms and their use by women and men". <i>American Speech</i>. <b>73</b> (4): 399–420. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F455584">10.2307/455584</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/455584">455584</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Speech&rft.atitle=Gender-linked+derogatory+terms+and+their+use+by+women+and+men&rft.volume=73&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=399-420&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F455584&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F455584%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=James&rft.aufirst=Deborah&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSimkinsRinck1982" class="citation journal cs1">Simkins, Lawrence; Rinck, Christine (1982). "Male and female sexual vocabulary in different interpersonal contexts". <i>Journal of Sex Research</i>. <b>18</b> (2): 160–172. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00224498209551146">10.1080/00224498209551146</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Sex+Research&rft.atitle=Male+and+female+sexual+vocabulary+in+different+interpersonal+contexts&rft.volume=18&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=160-172&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F00224498209551146&rft.aulast=Simkins&rft.aufirst=Lawrence&rft.au=Rinck%2C+Christine&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomashauer2016" class="citation book cs1">Thomashauer, Regena (2016-09-20). <i>Pussy: A Reclamation</i>. Hay House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781781806364" title="Special:BookSources/9781781806364"><bdi>9781781806364</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pussy%3A+A+Reclamation&rft.pub=Hay+House&rft.date=2016-09-20&rft.isbn=9781781806364&rft.aulast=Thomashauer&rft.aufirst=Regena&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nymag.com/nymetro/nightlife/sex/features/4987/">"Come to Mama"</a>. <i>New York Magazine</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2018</span>. <q>Mama Gena explains that using the word vagina is not unlike calling your penis your prostate. "When women use the word pussy, it sets them free. They flush, they get all crazy. They feel all wild. It snaps a woman into her sassiness."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Magazine&rft.atitle=Come+to+Mama&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fnymetro%2Fnightlife%2Fsex%2Ffeatures%2F4987%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APussy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/12cb632f-ba6a-4914-a4cb-1334dcb08869">"The young women on a mission to reclaim the word 'pussy'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>BBC Three</i>. 8 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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