[Tom D.]

According to a podcast called Lexicon Valley, the feline reference was a synonym for wimp, long before it a synonym for the female genitalia. Peters was wrongfully accused. If Fox is going to be that sensitive, it should use make Col. Peters use a pen name.

[so_real]

Totally agreed. Though vulgar, "pussy" in that context is short for "pussycat" ... as-in a harmless little ball of fur. Peters was wrongly accused. And it is incredibly ironic that a "Peters" would be chastised for appropriately using the colloquial term "pussy".