A lady acquaintance of mine has recently returned from Iraq where she was working as a freelance photographer. We are friends but not that close (e.g., we have friends who are friends) and we have gone out a couple of times before, but don't visit one another or anything like that.
I asked her how her trip was and, when she had finished, I complimented her on her integrity (what with going to such a dangerous place alone), 'You've certainly got balls,'.
Now for me, this just means the same as 'You've got guts,' or 'You're brave,'. albeit in perhaps a rougher way. But she took offense, being an ardent feminist, as if I was equating her actions to manliness. Of course I apologised, but I wondering if any other girls would take offence at being told this? Thanks
2007-06-21
01:32:36
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