Daring to Commit the Sacrilege of Defying the Icon Betty White

Outside of kung-fu movies, nobody thinks that it's possible for a human male to have testicles which AREN'T vulnerable to crushing. When anyone speaks of a man as "ballsy," or as "really having cojones," neither the speaker nor any teenage-and-up listener EVER thinks for a single instant that a literal claim of invulnerable testicles is being made. They all understand that the real reference is to the energizing role played by HORMONES FROM the testicles.    

But no trivial consideration of actual truth was going to deter Betty White when, something like five years ago, she "cleverly" said that testicles should not be associated with strength and bravery because testicles are physically fragile. The vagina, she insisted, should be the symbol of strength and bravery, because the vagina is designed to endure extreme physical stress.

But a vagina, in and of itself, is not what makes a brave woman brave either. We tend, quite reasonably, to speak of a brave woman as having a brave HEART.

Betty White scored a totally phony Gotcha, by "refuting" a claim THAT MEN HAD NOT BEEN MAKING. She was allowed to get away with it because she's a celebrity, and because lots of women were looking for the next chance to high-five each other and screech fake laughter over an imaginary "proof" of female supremacy.

When a Facebook meme was made of Mizzzzzz White's words, it used a photo of her doing a forced triumphant wink. She can wink until her eyelids rupture, but this won't make a badly-aimed cheap shot not be a badly-aimed cheap shot.