Oh, please, Amos! Not the old-fashioned Victorian oblique references to unmentionable parts! We fought long and hard to be able to say vagina, penis, uterus, ovulate, cervix, testicles, etc. without having to couch them in such terms! And, actually we should make them take back "hyster" since it perpetuates that hysterical sterotype of a woman. So, what? They took it out, so I can no longer be hysterical?! I am woman hear me roar!**bg**

I equate spayed with pets, too, BUT I am a cat AND it's kind of like the Virginian said, "Smile when you call me that!" I wouldn't want just anyone to refer to it that way, but I can and will when referring to myself.

kat