The puss* test

(Pic courtesy of Carl Marx) A rather interesting visual representation. The meaning is in the mind of the beholder (and of the artist as well). If you are game, get hold of an English-literate male subject and do this test. Ask him to share what is the first thing that crosses his mind when you mention the word puss* (for the less initiated, * = y). Now, if you think that puss* is a highly misused word, you can try other words like chick, escort, model, screw, and the like. Mind trick? No. Brainy, language-literate homo sapiens grow up in different modes of experience and attach different syntaxic meanings to spoken words according to the development of their self-system - the unique individual "me". And along the way, there is a constant collision between, among others, the 2 potent motivational forces of intimacy and lust. Remember the adolescent years? Things of course are a lot more complicated these days as the boy meets girl stuff is no longer the standard model (you also have to deal with boy-boy and girl-girl thingy). Anyhow, the answer you get from the test may give an indication of the motivational system of your subject or friend.