Doube Entendres (wasRe: Tom Felton: Off Color Word Censored, ...But What

[Carol]

Carol earlier:
> >  I'm talking about feeding the myth that masculinity is based on
the size  of a man's sex organ (the "manhood" concept that Geoff was
talking about).
> 
> Geoff:
> You've done it again - missed the point of what I said.! 
> 
> My comment had nothing to do with concept of penis size. What I
wrote was merely that "manhood" is one euphonism I've seen for male
equipment which, for some reason, made me chuckle. It merely goes
alongside other terms for which I observed  "most of the euphemisms
for a gentleman's equipment are fairly harmless ones; they wouldn't
make me blush and I'm not one for swearing."
>
Carol responds:
Honestly, Geoff, I feel as if we live on different planets! You're
misreading what I said, too. I'm not saying that you subscribe to that
concept, only that the euphemism "manhood" (which you mentioned) has
the implications that I was talking about. You find it amusing; I find
it sad that some people (for example, the authors of certain sultry
romance novels that I've edited) seem to associate the size of a man's
sex organ with his masculinity, as neatly summed up in that particular
euphemism. I was in no way suggesting that you hold that particular view.

I suppose I should have said "the 'manhood' euphemism that Geoff
mentioned."

Carol, who was making her own point, not responding to Geoff's post
except with regard to the euphemism "manhood" and its implications