I was looking more at the etymology of 'pussy' as slang for the vulva as well as the term for a pet cat. Wonderful to speculate on the reasons that those should coincide so, especially since language evolves with culture.

A stand-in for a man that a woman can easily overpower? Considering the cases of women getting violent with today's castrated men, is there a need to look deeper than this? Might makes right, and women absolutely partake of that given a chance. Look to the majority of female leaders in history and how they are above average in dealing out violence.