absolute toughest, bravest thing I've done (finished quote because it cut off early in the auto-quote thingy).
He said that?!
That is the most patently absurd anti-feminist garbage--I can't agree with that at all. Women do this all the time! Toughly. Bravely. Femininely--when it comes to giving birth, insane toughness and bravery are exactly a core part of the experience of being female.
Unless you're going to throw away the concept of gender entirely, this one is going to survive the cut.