"Cock" = rooster

[Wilson Gray]

Alison writes:

On the Cock thread,
> no-one who has ever kept chickens could be in any doubt about the
> appropriateness of considering a cock to be a symbol of sexuality.
> Roosters whole existence  seems to be wholly given over to strutting,
> bragging and chasing hens.]

Not to mention abusing them. When a rooster is through with a hen, he
will strike her with his spurs, if she doesn't get out of his way
quickly enough.

-Wilson

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