“Zabra” (Leb Arabic only) is not particularly fear-inspiring, either. Popular as a made-up-name in fantasy novels, it amused me greatly in my early teens to read such lines as “Zabra broke out in a cold sweat” or “Zabra turned to his diminutive companions.”

Let this be a lesson in researching fantasy names before you use them

Those studies about gender and brain function are so slanted and full of confirmation bias – they’ve been well and truly debunked in recent years.

A male physics teacher told me (about a decade ago) that it’s a scientific fact that men’s brains are suited to learning physics and women’s aren’t. I tried to explain to him that according to some scientists, what is considered to be the “male” brain has features that are present in approx 80% of men and 25% of women, and “female” brain characteristics are found in approx 75% of women and 20% of men, so his generalisation is most likely discriminating against *all* female physics students, as they’re only likely to have gone into undergraduate physics if they really have an affintity for it, given how little encouragement they’re given. And whatever studies you look at, whatever stance you choose to take, is going to be influenced by your culture, the way you’ve been socialised. objective scientific fact rarely is objective.
(and I think the whole idea of male & female brain characteristics is being questioned by neuroscientists and behavioural psychologists now)

and literal penis-waving in public is just so puerile. good definition of a dick-head, really. not to mention discourteous, and illegal.