There's an article in today's NY Times on how the city council wants to symbolically ban the word "Bitch" because, they argue, it creates "a paradigm of shame and indignity" for all women.
I can understand that some words are extremely loaded and hurtful (i.e. the n-word) when they've always been used to denigrate individuals or races. I think that 'bitch' hardly belongs in that category. Yes, it can be used to hurt, but not always, and not necessarily. Maybe I'm biased because in Mexican Spanish, being a perro or a perra can mean being difficult, but also strong headed, tenacious, uncompromising and relentless. Nevertheless, I think that this discussion is nonsensical, and this flagging of words because some people find them offensive is a very dangerous slippery slope...
And where would we be without the immortal phrase "GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU BITCH!"? Or even worse, without Cartman's amazing rendition of "Kyle's mom's a bitch in D minor" (don't click play if you have a faulty sense of humor)
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