cloudboy -> RE: Are women born to be bitches? (2/7/2008 6:48:17 AM)
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ORIGINAL: fluffyswitch fast reply i read the entire thread (for once...) and my personal impression is that one person's confidence is another person's bitchiness. so it doesn't really matter anyway because someone will like you at some point and someone will hate you. i'm used to being called a bitch. i embrace it in that it's easier than fighting it (yes i'm lazy in that regard). i've also been called cocky, full of sh*t, and numerous other things. i think it's all in where you stand. I don't really agree that Bitch is either a neutral or positive word. Just ask yourself, would you like others, after you left the room, to be calling you a bitch? To me being a bitch connotes selfishness as one's core behavior and a disregard for others or other points of view. It may also connote a low road to conflict resolution: hostility, overreaction, unfair fighting, manipulation, hysterics, twisting the facts, and being self serving. Like all cusswords, the word itself can be turned into a term of endearment or erotic praise --- but when commenting on another's upsetting behavior --- I'm not sure I'd ever agree "that one person's confidence is another person's bitchiness." (The term on the male side of the equation is "Dick.") -------- Now its also true that when you confidently or assertively challenge another person, that person might respond with the ad-hominem attacks. But I don't think we need to change the character of what "bitch" and "dick" mean in order to accommodate others who don't fight fairly. If we did this, we'd be letting the bitches and dicks compromise the English language.
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