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edit[ this is not true at all! "to bitch" comes from an old french world, "beech" or somethign of the sort.. no, i have no sources and don't care to find them, but I'm sure if you cared enough to write this entry, you'll care enough to find and post the truth yourself ]
What is not true? What did you remove from the article? What is this
From Trivia
editIn the section Trivia, the following appeared:
Bitch is also the name of a Roald Dahl short story, featured in Switch Bitch. this is mostly refered to woman even though it is not defined as the human species.
I have removed the bolded section and moved it all here. I assume this line means something like "Dahl used this term literally only in reference to animals, but some critics believe he was making a statement about women." I have, however, not read the story, and don't know if this is true or not. But even if it is true, is this even needed in the article? I don't think that it is.
richdiesal 4 July 2005 06:11 (UTC)
Son of a bitch - euphemism?
editI can't remember where, but somewhere I read that the expression "son of a bitch" was originally a euphemism or minced oath. The original insult was to call a man a "cur", meaning what we would now call a "mutt": a mongrel dog. The word "cur" was highly offensive, whereas "bitch" was simply the neutral word for a female dog (compare "mare" or "ewe", neither of which is offensive). Since the mother of a cur is necessarily a bitch, to refer to the man as "son of a bitch" was to imply that he was a cur, without actually using the word "cur".
I noticed that the link to "son of a bitch" is redirecting the user to "Bitch", thus forming a circular reference. Can we fix that? 
Done
Typo?
edit"The term can also connote ownership of a woman, such as in the phrase "my bitch", therefore reinforcing cultural norms of the word as negative, especially towards the feminine. This is similar to previous feminist attempts to identify it as an epithet for a strong, self-reliant woman."
I think "similar" is supposed to be "opposite"....?
Semi-protected edit request on 12 Dec 2020
editH. R. Haldeman was dubbed "the president's son-of-a-bitch"[1]
References
- ^ "Growing Up A Haldeman". Retrieved Dec 12, 2020.
Gendered?
editI know the origin of "bitch" is from a female dog, but I have seen it used just as much on males as on females. 213.137.73.88 (talk) 06:45, 3 August 2024 (UTC)