Friday, November 23, 2012

Bitch Bad, Women Good, They Misunderstood


Bitch this word first came to exist only to be used in an offensive manner to the female species. A word often looked at as degrading, disrespectful, and offensive to the common woman. This word has been a very popular term/slang that is uttered by almost ever rapper since the beginning stages of hip hop but even though initially this term was created to generalize the evils of all women throughout the years u see that the generalization of the word bitch has died down to specification of a certain type of woman but it still seems that there is a misconception from majority of the female society who still draws to defend the equal rights of all women and attack the hip hop society and its artist’s for the frequent use of the word bitch.

Whether it be a woman rights activist, popular female talk show host or your regular girl in the neighbor since the beginning women have made their voice heard on the disapproval of the word bitch being used a lot by rappers in their records, from my view it seemed it was about three things: Why do they use this demeaning word to describe women? Why do they use it so frequently?  Do they not have respect for the female race? So to clear up the misconception u have to look deep within the situation at hand you see majority of rappers that use this demanding word grew up in high poverty urban communities and was exposed to parents that didn't necessarily censor their language around their children and then with the additional exposure of their surroundings, media such as television and the internet  u find that this word bitch wasn't instilled in them as a bad word but a common term used on a daily basics but be that may it still comes down to the music and the maturity level of the rapper that uses the word bitch.

Because during this generation u have a majority of MC’s that even though they use the word bitch a lot it is only used to state the evils of specific type of female and is never meant to generalize all women. Now u have a another majority of rappers who used the word bitch as a general address to all females but is never uttered in an disrespectful or offensive state. As I stated earlier its how they grew up their surroundings made that term come off as common courtesy, but it’s these rappers that still light the fuse to a woman’s rage and prolong the battle against the use of the word bitch and continues the cycle of misconception but it still comes down to the music and the logical and reasoning aspect behind it that I feel these females fail to execute. 

Because in my personal opinion, whether u agree or disagree u have to understand that this world is full of evils and a small percentage of the population were born pure heart and honest. So a female who lies, steals, cheats, betrays, envy, has no respect or manners and is extremely bitter is what u wouldn't consider a female or woman no a word was created for such evils and that word is Bitch, now this is not a one sided opinion because those same evils would not be used to determine a man or male no a word was created for those kind of evils also and that word is Nigga, but be that may this never ending fight against the word bitch needs to cease and the women that prolong it need to understand that even though u strongly believe that no woman is a bitch in all honesty and reality that isn't so, Lupe Fiasco said it best and I quote “bitch BAD, woman G.O.O.D, lady BETTER, they MISUNDERSTOOD” so the next time u listening a popular hip hop record and u hear the word bitch being used before u jump to assumptions really listen the song and ask yourself, is he making a general statement in relation to  all women or is he being specific  to a certain type? But hey that’s just my outlook on the situation. 

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