I'm not Getting Into It but I've gotta say this.. The fact that you would still use the word "bitch" even though you know it makes some people incredibly uncomfortable is quite upsetting. That word can never be gender neutral, it's too deeply associated with gendered insults towards women. The claim that you mean it in a gender neutral way means nothing because not assuming gender is pointless if you're going to use a misogynistic gendered insult anyway. Please, please just don't use it at all.
Bitch.
Asshole.
Motherfucker.
The next thing you’ll tell me is not to call someone an asshole because it degrades men and their assholes.
And can you call a woman a motherfucker?Yes, you can. You absolutely can. Especially, if she’s screwing someone else’s mom.Maybe not the most pleasant thought, but if you wanted to insult her, why not?
The main purpose of curse words is to attack and insult others.
You wanna think that bitch will never be gender neutral, that’s fine. I’m gonna keep calling shit people, bitches, whether or not they’re a woman, lady, man, manchild, transgender, etc., when I think they’re acting like a douche.
You do you, don’t curse.
But in my opinion, we’ve gotta start thinking of ways to change the misogynistic idea behind the word, bitch, into something that generally refers to someone’s attitude rather than an attitude strictly pertaining to a woman.
You wanna argue that it’ll never change, fine by me. Keep living like that. Keep thinking that the root of words and their meaning will never change over the course of time.
Just keep believing that words will never change. That is completely fine with me even if I know that is simply not the case.
Words do change over time.
Faggot was once harmless, now it is not. Can you really prove to me that a word like “toilet” will never become a derogative term when you use it as a swear against someone in the future?
No, you can’t.
People, society as a collective, and culture is what gives meaning behind words. When people, society, and the culture changes – it also affects language.
I prefer progressive (or aggressive) changes rather than silencing or banning people from doing certain things.
And I think we can all say that the prohibition period in U.S. History was not very successful. People just turn to black markets and underground breweries to get their fix.
When you start telling people not to do this or that, you’ve better start pondering about what happens in the long run. Will this ban be productive or destructive? Or …. will it do nothing at all?
You see the problem with bans is that people don’t learn from it. (This is the part of the issue with call out culture and the PC age.)
When you tell someone, “don’t call someone a bitch because it’s derogative to women.” You’ve basically said, “bitch is only derogative towards women.”But if you called everyone a bitch, then it’s relation to women begins to wear down. And now anybody who wants to act bitchy is potentially a bitch to someone else.
Now, I understand why you think the derogatory connection between the word, bitch, and women will never change because you restrict yourself into thinking that way.
But you don’t have to think like that.It may be hard to wrap your head around it at first, but I don’t know where you’re from or where you live, so maybe you feel like that is the only way to think of it. Personally, I’m from New York City, and everyone’s an asshole here. Haha.
But if you still disagree about the theory behind the meaning of words, okay. But I’ve given my take on the issue.
And will people always feel uncomfortable being called a bitch? Heck yeah! Because that person just got cussed at! It would be strange to the common American speaker if they didn’t feel offended when someone cusses at them. Course, there’s always the chill ass people…but their numbers are few.
Apologies to my followers who have to see these long ass philosophical posts.
