# "Bitches" being pitted. Enough already? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043 "2003-07-31T02:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/21 "2003-07-31T14:11:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essohbee \* > \*\*I though the correct spelling was “biatch”, oh the errors of my ways! \*\* No. The correct spelling is biznitch. You all are in need of a spelling lesson, I can’t see a more flagrant example of mispelling when people don’t properly insert the one freakin’ extra letter, the x instead of the s! Do I need to go around correcting you all for being such huge ignoramuzez? :rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/22 "2003-07-31T14:12:21Z")
I would still like to get “bystyrd” introduced into the vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/23 "2003-07-31T14:14:19Z")
:smack: I hate Gaudere’s law. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/24 "2003-07-31T14:24:56Z")
It’s ‘beyatch’. I’ve been doing my part to help the cause by personally calling all women ‘crack hos’. However, I categorically refuse to call Lifetime TV anything other than “Bitch TV”. I draw the line there. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/25 "2003-07-31T14:40:45Z")
I take perverse delight in calling a man a bitch (or, thanks Larry David, a cunt) when he cuts me off in traffic, for example. Philster, we call Lifetime TV Smack-My-Bitch-Up TV because they always seem to play ‘movies’ in which some broad’s getting slapped around. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/26 "2003-07-31T17:20:30Z")
Come on. If we lose the word bitch we end up [putting people out of work](http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Rent-a-bitch): > [@](#): > > Do you sometimes think you’re too nice? That there are people in your life, who take up your thought and time and energy, who shouldn’t? You just want to get rid of them. Killing is out of the question - a messy business and kinda upsetting. Telling them face to face to f\*\*k off - don’t be silly! They’re bigger and uglier than you, and besides, you’re generally a nice person. This is when rent-a-bitch comes in. You pay this person to say horrible things to your unintended (like ‘do you always borrow your mother’s shoes?’ - particularly offensive if you’re male) or poke them with sharp sticks, until the problem gets the hint and goes away. Not only does this get rid of your problem, but gives employment to all those out of work bitches. > > Miss Weston Smith, Aug 29 2001 We also deprive the fine bitches of the world the opportunity to take pride in their bitchness. The chance to raise their heads high and say “Your damn right! I am a bitch!”. Without people calling each other bitches we would never have had this touching poem: > [@](#): > > The Art of Being a Bitch > > When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch. > When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch. > When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts, or do things my own way, they call me a bitch. > Being a bitch means I won’t compromise what’s in my heart. It means I live my life MY way. > It means I won’t allow anyone to step on me. > When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak up against it, I am defined as a bitch. > The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone’s maid, or when I act a little selfish. > It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am & won’t become anyone else’s idea of what they think I “should” be. > I am outspoken, opinionated and determined. > By Gawd, I want what I want and there is nothing wrong with that! > So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. > You won’t succeed. > And if that makes me a bitch, so be it. I embrace the title and am proud to bear it. > B - Beauty I - In T - Total C - Control of H - Herself This one goes out to all my bitches . . . DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/27 "2003-07-31T19:08:13Z")
[I couldn’t agree more.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=102567) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/28 "2003-07-31T19:49:49Z")
I prefer the term “Double X-ers”. [sub]bitch[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/29 "2003-07-31T20:04:49Z")
Oh, everybody, quit your bitching! ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/30 "2003-07-31T20:09:12Z")
Bitches ain’t shit but ho’s and tricks. That’s not a possessive apostrophe, it’s 'cause the end of the word was left off ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/31 "2003-07-31T20:58:57Z")
_Life ain’t nothin’ but bitches an money_ kwitcherbitchin Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/32 "2003-07-31T22:56:49Z")
“Sometimes all a woman has to hang on to is being a bitch.” – Dolores Claiborne. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/33 "2003-08-01T01:57:04Z")
Funny how things change. When I was growing up, I was taught that it’s an insult to call a woman a bitch, and now it’s common place. To be honest, I must have lived most of my life under a cave or something, because I’m shocked at the number of people not only not caring about the constant use of the word bitch, but also the number of people praising it and saying we should use it more often. Maybe it’s one of those things where women are trying to take the word and make it their own, kind of like some blacks taking the “n word” and making it their own word to take the sting out of it maybe? I don’t know, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/34 "2003-08-01T02:44:59Z")
Ha ha. Sorry. I blame Dr. Jameson and his good friend Capt. Bushmills. I meant what I posted about bitches. It was just an observation; if you have read all the the pit threads in the last month, you know what I mean. Or you don’t. Or you dont care. All three viewpoints are valid. I should have left off the last part. It wasn’t relevant. My bad. It was an entirely different topic. If I could go back, it would have been a different post. Rape and sexual abuse have nothing to do with calling women “bitches.” What I was trying to convey, poorly I admit, was the idea of a leader in this country calling for an end to rape and sexual abuse. I was keen on the idea of a POTUS stating in a state of the union address: I want to see the end of rape and sexual abuse in my lifetime. That’s all. Another thread, another time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/35 "2003-08-01T12:01:24Z")
I think being called a bitch is a compliment because when I’m called a bitch it means I’ve gotten on some guys last nerve by insisting (in my sweet lil ol Southern way) that I’m right and he’s wrong or that I want something and he’s going to give it to me whether he likes it or not. 😛 AHH the joys of being a biatch. 😃 Must be really good at it too cause my hubby LOVES it when I’m being a bitch. Oh wait… he loves it when I’m being HIS bitch 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/36 "2003-08-01T12:19:36Z")
If it makes the OP feel any better, I use “bitch” on men as well. So for this foul-mouthed Doper, bitch has pretty much lost all misogynistic quality to it… By the way, OP = original poster, original post, or opinion piece? I tend to use it as all three, but I’d like to know what it really is 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/37 "2003-08-01T12:26:53Z")
I use bitch as a term of endearment… ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/38 "2003-08-01T14:33:23Z")
I don’t see why “bitch” is misogynistic. Can someone explain to me what I’m missing? ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/39 "2003-08-02T23:25:51Z")
It’s not so much bitch that bothers me. It’s all the misogyny where they say everything but bitch, and voice every stereotype there is, and don’t get called on it—that bugs me. Bitch is kind of refreshing, depending on the useage, for what it sometimes reveals. Sometimes it’s nothing but accurate. Sometimes, it’s excessive. sometimes, it’s just not said. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043/40 "2003-08-03T00:13:03Z")
Well, if you start putting rules in place about a “bitch” - where will it end. I mean, lets face it, how are you going to have a “pit” with rules. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-being-pitted-enough-already/192043.md?page=3)