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In her book, Bitch: A Definitive and Restorative Guide (BitchDR), Arnette makes the case for ‘retiring’ the word bitch – as it is applied to women generally. This common cultural cliche is tied directly to gender discrimination, practiced by a society that refuses to acknowledge that women’s rights are simply human rights. The book is a timely and necessary examination of how words do matter.
BitchDR is a primer for the roots of the women’s movement in the United States, and to understanding how a derogation achieved acceptance by some women and is hated by others. BitchDR is recommended reading for those enrolled in women and gender studies programs and has garnered the attention of readers everywhere.
BitchDR pinpoints the hypocrisy and deception of a society that purports to value women, but punishes them through the denial of pay equity and other human rights. To add insult to injury, many women are complicit by the adoption of terminology whose sole intention is their degradation. – Arnette Wright Travis
A Definitive and Restorative Guide takes a serious look at how and why bitch has become a synonym for women. Even those who embrace the derogation acknowledge the continued negative connotation of being bitch. The bitch label has become the outward manifestation of a culture that is at its’ core, misogynistic.
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