On Feb 9, 2012, at 6:01 PM, lbo83235 wrote:
> Looking at the context, I think the issue is less one of finding a synonym for "old women" than of finding a contrastive to "heroes." I hear mainly two pairs of opposites at work in the juxtaposition: "courage vs. cowardice" and "decisiveness vs. indecisiveness" (or maybe "confusedness"). I'm not sure "cowards" has the right kind of traction for making a point like this, but I don't have a better suggestion at the moment; hopefully others will jump in.
I'm thinking some old women might.