I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
If you are really one of us, it won't matter to you that you might fail. And if it does, you are a coward.
It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.
Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life
You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.
You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.