Word: bitch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bitch" is rude, mean and mysogynist. It descibes women who are unsympathetic, uncaring and selfish. It describes women who are, in our eyes, less than women...
...this name-calling can backfire, as these women--all too aware of what our society thinks of them--internalize the label and throw "bitch" back in our faces...
These arguments use the defendants' unsavory reputations as evidence of innocence, not culpability. Because the world hates bitchy women, they say, these women have been unfairly criticized and unfairly tired; as Dershowitz points out, there is no legal penalty for being a bitch...
That's the irony of bitchiness. The sloppy news editing and locker-room talk that dubbed these women "bitches" was unjustified, but that doesn't make Leona Helmsley innocent. Just as "bitch" should never be used as a character assassination, it should not be used as a character vindication...
...they've got a potent weapon on their side; until we stop using "bitch" as a legitimate form of criticism Margaret, Imelda and Leona might just pull one over...