let the big head choose her sex not the little head’s presence
English translation: Let sex be determined by choice, not by the presence (or absence) of a penis
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| 4 +7 | Let sex be determined by choice, not by the presence (or absence) of a penis |
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| 4 +1 | Head, not penis (sex organ) |
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peer agreement (net): +1Head, not penis (sex organ) Explanation: Make the decision with your brain, not your animal drives |
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peer agreement (net): +7Let sex be determined by choice, not by the presence (or absence) of a penis Explanation: I agree with the essential point made in the previous answer, that "big head" means a person's head and "little head" means the penis, but I think the key point is "little head's presence", which means whether or not a penis is present. It doesn't mean choosing with your penis (with your animal drives); it means whether or not you were born with a penis. So the first half means "let a person's sex be determined by their head (by what sex they decide to be/feel or believe they are)" and the second half means "don't let a person's sex be determined by whether they have a penis (by the anatomy they were born with)". This, of course, is fundamental to the whole idea of transsexualism and to the concept of sex and gender that lies behind it: they are much more than just physical anatomy. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2017-01-21 13:02:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Little head", as a way of referring to the penis, is established. "Big head" means the head, by contrast: "little head The penis, based on the popular myth that the little head has a one-track mind and when it is aroused it takes over a man's thinking." http://www.definition-of.com/little head "big head The head, in distinction to the little head, the penis which, when in erection, seems to completely take over a man's thinking abilities and drives instinctively." http://www.definition-of.com/big head So "little head" is associated with the idea that men "think with their penis" instead of with their brain: that they are under the control of their sexual impulses. That's the idea JW Narins is referring to, though it's directly relevant in this context. "Big head" here means literally head, by contrast. The quotations given on the webpages just cited, from films, include: "(2) Jeff (Gerrit Graham) to Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) in Used Cars (1980): 'Don't let the little head do the thinking for the big head.' (4) Pete (Jeremy Piven) to Richard Jacks (Tim Daly) in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1996?): 'You're thinking with the little head. Think with the big head.' (5) Lorenzo (Robert De Niro) to his son Calogero (Lillo Brancato) in A Bronx Tale (1993): 'Sometimes, in the heat of passion, the little head tells the big head what to do and the big head should think twice about it.'" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2017-01-21 13:05:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry; I meant to say "it's not directly relevant in this context", which is not to do with men's uncontrollable sexual drives taking over their thinking (as I said before). This text is simply using "little head" to mean "penis". |
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