I was laying in bed the other night and couldn't sleep so I turned on the tv and started flipping thru the channels. We recently cut the cable down to the minimum so my choices were limited. I watched a Mexican soap opera and made up what was going on for awhile then finally settled on an old black and white movie. I have no idea what the movie was and didn't recognize any of the actors but was totally pulled in by a female character. She was fabulous in every gay sense of the word. When she lit one of her non-filter cigarettes it was a whole process. She tapped it on her cigarette case and then lit it with her own zippo lighter not allowing a man to light it for her. Her first drag gave off an energy of ..."and what?" almost daring anyone to say something to her. Throughout the hour or so that I watched this movie the character was just a bad ass. She said what she meant and she had balls. She wasn't masculine, she was a bitch, a serious bitch not to be messed with.
There is a long history of gay men adoring strong women. There is nothing more entertaining than watching the look on a straight man's face when he realizes he has underestimated a woman. We love to watch a woman call a man on his shit and then shred him with her words or even better kick his ass.
I get annoyed with women when they fall into that wimpy girly role. Grown women who talk in a baby voice or stand next to their man while he's being a total douche bag and say nothing. It's sad to watch women give their power away. It's also a little infuriating because it's lazy. It's hard to be a bitch and it's hard to have a backbone and say what you mean.
I suppose what it boils down to is I love bitchy women. I love women that are not defined by the man they love and who are strong, independent and fearless. I think we should re-evaluate the meaning of a bitch. I think the negative usage of that word is old fashioned. Women should take that word back and wear it with pride. You think I'm a bitch? watch this little man.....
I love bitchy women, I support all you bitches, keep up the good work!
