I had a similar discussion with a friend earlier this week. We were casting a play, and I said that only this one candidate "had the ovaries to pull that role off."

She looked at me.

"I would have said, 'had the balls to pull it off,'" I explained, "but I thought it'd be demeaning. 'Oh, congratulations ma'am, you have presence and confidence. You've been promoted to Male status.' So I say, 'she has the ovaries to pull it off.'"

"I'm with you," she explained, "but I find creating gender-specific terms demeaning, too. Like the word 'actress,' which is a female version of the 'actor'."

"Hmm."

So now I'm curious to what other people think.