Beverly Gross' Bitch summary and response

In the article, "Bitch" by Beverly Gross she examines the word bitch and how it is used in today's society. She looks at all the different perceptive that the word is currently used in from it's actual and literal meaning, to its suppressive meaning, to it offensive meaning, and to it's contemptuous meaning. But Gross focus' her point majorly upon the words suppressive meaning, as it is used to suppress woman's intellect, free-thought, and expressionism. She feel that the word is predominately the worst insult that can be called towards a women, as it covers such a broad spectrum of definitions that it would cover almost any women, making them feel degraded, and causing them disdain. As she sees it the word has become somewhat a word of oppression that people, but men in general, can hold over a women in order to keep them in line and make them do what they want. It has become more then just an insult; it has become a word of power, it holds power over the victim, humiliating the recipient and causing more then just pain, it makes the them want to change themselves so they wont "be" the very thing that they were called the word for. From Gross' perceptive it is the ultimate insult, far succeeding any of it's predecessors and became a word of legendary fear humiliation.

Men have always found sanctity and refuge in there masculinity, as it represents what it means to be a man, as far as for the times. But by taking that away, you are essentially alienating us and causing us to enter into our discomfort zones. It isn't just about pride, but about the precedence that men hold some level of responsibility towards providing food, shelter, and protection, caused by the subliminal stereotype that men must act in this particular fashion (overly assertive, egotistical,etc.) in order to remain a part of the continuously changing times and not to be seen as an outcast amongst this socially and class based society.
Our society is predominated by stereotypes and tends, which shape and form our society into what it is today. Women are expected to act a certain way, that is just what is, there isn't a reason for it other then it is what people want and what has become accepted. As well, men are thus expected to act in a particular way. This might seem very backwards to most, but in reality, this is the society we live in, and in most cases, we just obliviously overlook our biased opinion, and just continue to follow our beliefs without regard to what really is right or wrong. We can not change the way things are because they have become accepted into the culture and to change these view we will have to change the very foundation of our culture and the lives in which we live. I think that it is really ironic that the very foundation of our culture is the idea of freedom, but yet we are being dragged down by this invisible roped tied around our ankles. We aren't just expected to accept the unwritten rules of our culture, but to abide by them as well and if we refuse, there are implications to those actions. It may not, be legal implications, but cultural and social ones can be just a consequential. The word bitch, has become part of the culture, and the norm the everyone is expected to follow. Though it my be offensive to people, it is none the less, used in everyday society, influencing our actions towards, what everyone expects.
Even I hear myself uttering the word from time toe time, but it doesn't seem to affect me, since it has become a cultural norm amongst society. We will always dewell upon the reason that the word is uttered and how it is used to an effect, but this has absolutely no consequence if it can't be put to an end. In an altruistic world maybe this could be accomplishable, but unfortunately this is not the case. We will always have problems with with things that we dislike, but we there really is nothing that we can do about them. It will forever remain the way it is unless someone or something is done to change the norm that everyone has grown to know and expect.