From: zeborah@gmail.com   
      
   Brian M. Scott  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:37:21 +1200, Zeborah   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > rec.arts.sf.misc:   
   >   
   > > Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Sounds like the baddie earned "to the pain". Good doesn't   
   > >> mean  "pansy-ass nancy boy".   
   >   
   > > Indeed, masculine and heterosexual Good Guys are quite   
   > > well represented in literature.  As, even, are female   
   > > Good Guys.  I hadn't however noticed that any of these   
   > > groups were less likely to be merciful / more likely to   
   > > seek revenge than effeminate or gay Good Guys.   
   >   
   > I think that you're misinterpreting Sea Wasp's terminology:   
   > I take 'pansy-ass nancy boy' to be roughly 'gutless wonder   
   > who'd rather let deer starve en masse than cull the herd   
   > (for instance)' -- someone so soft-hearted as to be   
   > soft-headed.   
      
   I'd feel happier if the intent of "gutless wonder [etc]" were   
   represented by the words "gutless wonder [etc]" (or similar) rather than   
   by words that, particularly in this context, unwittingly reinforce a   
   stereotype that 'effeminate' or homosexual men are gutless wonders.   
      
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