i laughed when i read this... i couldn't help but wonder if she's offended because she's been called a "high maintenance bitch" herself one too many times.
as a kid, i knew what the word meant. i got taken along to dog shows and had giggle fits for the first few times i heard the word being used by totally serious adults, and i used it [in context, of course] whenever i possibly could. but, even as an adult, i avoid ever using that word to describe a human. my parents taught me that it was a technical term meant for dogs. simple as that.
frankly, i think the that saying a nasty woman [and you KNOW they exist] is acting like a female dog, is an insult to my darling little female dog more than an insult to the witchy woman!
and to add to the topic of the "men are dogs" insult: i notice in this day and age that it's totally fine to bash and rip apart men, emotionally neuter them, attempt to destroy them if they stand up for themselves, and then disrespect them for taking it. if a husband treats his wife the way that some wives treat their husbands... there is hell to pay and he is branded as a monster. wives treating their husbands in that way is almost applauded in our culture.
i find it particularly interesting that this article cites a liberal woman, who most likely wouldn't have been offended if the shop used a "derogatory" term for men in their name.
[PS: and just to avoid pissing someone off... i'm not attacking liberals! just defending men a bit and countering her statement. and if you have been treated ill by a man, please don't take my comments for more than they are. i've been abused by men growing up, but i know now that most men aren't the spineless monsters that culture and media portray them as.]
as a kid, i knew what the word meant. i got taken along to dog shows and had giggle fits for the first few times i heard the word being used by totally serious adults, and i used it [in context, of course] whenever i possibly could. but, even as an adult, i avoid ever using that word to describe a human. my parents taught me that it was a technical term meant for dogs. simple as that.
frankly, i think the that saying a nasty woman [and you KNOW they exist] is acting like a female dog, is an insult to my darling little female dog more than an insult to the witchy woman!
and to add to the topic of the "men are dogs" insult: i notice in this day and age that it's totally fine to bash and rip apart men, emotionally neuter them, attempt to destroy them if they stand up for themselves, and then disrespect them for taking it. if a husband treats his wife the way that some wives treat their husbands... there is hell to pay and he is branded as a monster. wives treating their husbands in that way is almost applauded in our culture.
i find it particularly interesting that this article cites a liberal woman, who most likely wouldn't have been offended if the shop used a "derogatory" term for men in their name.
[PS: and just to avoid pissing someone off... i'm not attacking liberals! just defending men a bit and countering her statement. and if you have been treated ill by a man, please don't take my comments for more than they are. i've been abused by men growing up, but i know now that most men aren't the spineless monsters that culture and media portray them as.]
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