Of all the things to incite the anger from internet commenters, I didn’t think we’d start the year with high school mascot hot takes.

Yesterday Lexington’s new Frederick Douglass High School made a few big announcements about its athletic department. UK Quality Control coach Brian Landis was named the head football coach and the school’s mascot and color scheme were revealed. The Frederick Douglass Stallions will wear Keeneland Green and Orange.

Instant reaction from a normal person: “Of course they had to go with the Keeneland horse theme. The only thing missing is the checkerboard.” People are not happy about the nickname “Stallions,” but for a different reason.

Talking in technical terms, a stallion is an uncastrated male horse. The high school plans to use Stallions for all teams, meaning the girls’ programs will be represented by a male mascot, instead of a female alternative like “Fillies” or “Mares.”

I cannot even begin to comprehend the perspective of a teenage girl, but I bet most teenage girls would prefer not to be referred to as “uncastrated male horses.” Even though stallion is a ubiquitous, intimidating term, I understand the uproar.

I also understand why someone would choose Stallion over Mare. Few outside of the area wouldn’t know what a Mare is. Besides, when mascots are different for men’s and women’s sports, stuff gets stupid. The Butler Bearettes should simply be the Bears, not a made up word that sounds like something you put in your hair.

There’s no safe solution, so I ask one simple question: can we stop with the horse stuff?