When I stand up for myself and my beliefs,
they call me a bitch.
When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch.
When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts,
or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.
Being a bitch entails raising my children to be strong people who have a solid sense of personal and social responsibility, who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in and who love and respect themselves for the beautiful beings they are.
Being a bitch means that I am free to be the wonderful creature that am, with all my own intricacies, contradictions, quirks and beauty.
Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart. It means I live my life MY way.
It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.
When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak up against it, I am defined as a bitch.
The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.
I am proud to be a bitch! It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I "should" be.
I am outspoken, opinionated, and determined. By God, I want what I want, and there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. You won't succeed.
And if that makes me a bitch, so be it. I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.
I love this, I can call myself a bitch now and not feel bad about it !
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Reply to PMK
by Azadeh Azmoudeh on Sat Aug 16, 2008 07:46 AM PDTPEACE
Glorified Gender
by PMK (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:34 PM PDTI do want to thank you for not filtering my words. Unlike you, many women do. They are probably thinking my words and thoughts would disappear, if they shut it down. Frankly, they are thousand or perhaps millions of us who haven’t find their voices yet . I speak on their behalf until they would.
First, I would like to talk about my ideas and then I will speak about what you really are saying ( actually what you are not saying).
My Ideas: Men Glorified Gender!
As one of my brother and our leader said last year. “We are glorified gender, we don’t have to apologies”. As you and many women in the fascist woman movement trying to dehumanize men everywhere, we are bringing integrity to the life of men. This is particularly important to American brothers. Once they become present to the glory of their masculine energy , we will see the global impact of that everywhere. That is men’s
forgotten responsibly. As, I said before we are working at it one day at the time and one men at the time.
What you are not saying!
Many women are like magician. Magician, in order to hide their tricks use many distraction tactics. The louder the tactics get and more dramatic the tactics become the better chance the tricks have to survive . Many women hide their intension , by using distracting tactics. You are not exception to that. So, it is crucial for me to decipher
between your words as what you are not saying and actually is the key and central idea to your thoughts as it is for many women.
Entitlement: The magic word you are not saying!
That is right . You are not saying you are entitled. But, You are walking around with this sense of self awarded entitlement, thinking people owe you something. This is the foundation of women movement. The fact of the matter is no one is entitled and that includes you. No one owe you and iota thing, by that I mean on social level.
Responsibility an antidote to Entitlement!
My invitation and request to you is to try to live one day just one day not feeling entitled. It is absolutely difficult, but many people have crossed this bridge. You can do it too.. The only guidance to this journey is a sense of responsibility
PMK
Azadeh Get a man instead
by Life is a bitch (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 09:37 PM PDTDogs are one of the worst pet that you could have.They ran away,they bark,they lick every part of their body and I sometimes wonder why they need a mate,no matter how much you wash them they still stink,they shed,they use the bathroom wherever they please even in your bed,they get bored so you have to take them out for a walk and when you take them for a walk they sniff other dogs poop and at every object in the neighborhood they have to make a stop and pee so they can mark their territories.You talk to them but they just pretend that they are listening to you and they do no even answer you.
Dear Azadeh
by Nazy Kaviani on Fri Aug 15, 2008 09:22 PM PDTWomen have to work and live against many adversities. Some men do use deragatory words to define women. Some women also use deragatory words to define men. Terms such as bitch, jerk, or a**-hole or references to women's PMS are some of the usual ways. When I was active in business in Europe, a businessman I had met befriended me. He and his wife and I were talking and laughing over dinner one time after some contract negotiations when he said: "You are so nice, I don't understand why the others keep referring to you as a 'ball-buster!'" That was really shocking for me. The funny thing is that these days things seem to be changing a bit in bizarre ways. Over the past six months I have twice heard men say about their vicious male bosses: "He is on permanent PMS!" Isn't that hillarious!? I suppose as a woman I could get offended and admonish them, but I find the evolution of these terms and expressions somewhat amusing. In all the years I have worked as a professional, I have never become overly sensitive about stereotypes or have made many attempts to correct them. I have concentrated on "doing the right thing and doing it right." I must say that I haven't personally heard too much of that bitch-calling. This could be purely because I tune such things out and do my own thing. People will finally come around and see us for who and what we really are. Men or women, if we are cantankerous and awful they will see it and if we are cooperative and positive, they will see it, too.
P.S. I hope you are not upset with the users who keep talking about "the source." This is JJ's standard procedure for all blogs. If people forget to put their source names on their blogs he shows up and asks them for it before featuring them on the first page. I don't know about anonymous users, but Mazloom is one of the nicest users in these parts, you will see. Bear with us!
Reply to Live From Tehran!!!!
by Azadeh Azmoudeh on Fri Aug 15, 2008 08:53 PM PDTMy God! Ok, for the last time. Attention to Iranian.com and the readers of my blog: I AM NOT THE WRITER OF "THEY CALL ME BITCH"! However the title is absolutely original and mine. My purpose of putting it in my blog was that I relate with the writer as a woman. Otherwise, people of the world i HAVE NO INTENTION WHAT-SO-EVER TO PRETEND, PLAGIARIZE, OR MAKE BELIEVE THAT THE PIECE I PUT IN MY BLOG IS MINE.
People! Don't be so shallow minded, don't confuse the purpose of action and let's find a way to understand each other than to criticize. Look where we are now in this time and era, it is, I am so sorry to honestly say, so embarrasing to see these type of comments as such. But I truely and deeply appologize if there has been any misconception or misunderstanding.
Azadeh
PEACE
Reply to Human Robot
by Azadeh Azmoudeh on Fri Aug 15, 2008 08:45 PM PDTPEACE
Reply to Mazloom!
by Azadeh Azmoudeh on Fri Aug 15, 2008 08:42 PM PDTPEACE
Dear Azadeh
by Photographer (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 08:24 PM PDTYour 'Big' picture on top is much nicer than your avatar. I believe that you are a 'prettier' woman than your avatar shows.
Do something about it - Change your avatar :)
Do not take words literally
by Human robot (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 08:14 PM PDTwe tend to take words literally.We should not be too senseitive and think of words only as sounds and nothing ele.If people know they can hurt our feeling with words they would do it all the time.Actually The word bitch means a female dog which is not as bad as the word whore.Now if someone is called a whore that is bad.
To:Mazloom & Azadeh
by live From Tehran (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 06:00 PM PDTi agree with Mazloom. i read this article long time ago on internet..To azadeh khanon,,i agree with you on the content of topic, but i don't believe that really came from your heart since you are not the original writer and you're not being honest about it..
GOOD COPY AND PASTE THOUGH..
Why do you even care who wrote it?
by Mazloom on Fri Aug 15, 2008 04:20 PM PDTWell, for one thing one of the positions of women in any society at any time and place should be to be honest instead of being a bitch, not that I am implying that you’re either a bitch or dishonest. But, that's not the reason.
When I was going to college, many years ago, I noticed that a man called Mousavi Khomeini had copy and pasted his Explanation of Problems from another Mullah called Kolani. Khomeini later on became the leader of a country called Iran and ended up killing millions of people. Meanwhile some of my schoolmates, even though they were dumber than the rest of us, went on to get their PhD’s by copy and pasting other people’s work. I even hear that one the ministers in Iran has forged his PhD from Harvard University. Over the years I have developed an inferiority complex, I am sure you know what that means, so my dear I just wanted to give credit where credit was due. It has nothing to do being a bitch or not.
Reply to PMK
by Azadeh Azmoudeh on Fri Aug 15, 2008 02:36 PM PDTPEACE
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by Azadeh Azmoudeh on Fri Aug 15, 2008 02:26 PM PDTPEACE
Mazloom
by Azadeh Azmoudeh on Fri Aug 15, 2008 02:18 PM PDTWhy do you even care who wrote it? It is amazing how we want to contributer things to those who created it and originally belong to them. My point is the position of women in any time and place.
Reply to American Wife
by t (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 01:52 PM PDTThere is no need to be nasty toward the men. Actually, women are women's worst enemy. The weak women are the ones who label the stronger more confident women as bitches.
if only men would listen
by American Wife (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 01:40 PM PDTThe man immediately leans out of his window and replies, "BITCH!"
They each continue on their way, and as the man rounds the next corner, he crashes into a pig in the middle of the road and dies.
If only men would listen.
just what i need
by Anonymous javaneh (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 01:23 PM PDTAzadeh jan
just what I needed to remind me of what I am too. thank you for your words they give me confidence and courage to be. Why is it sometimes we forget these things? khele mamnoon Azadeh aziz
Javaneh
Azadeh jan,I do not call those qualities as being a Bitch.
by Tahirih on Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:32 PM PDTI call it independent, strong woman with a sense of justice and integrity.
I am very similar, and I have never seen myself as a bitch. To me a bitch is someone who makes fun of other people, their looks, their faith, their beliefs,their social class or race. Someone who thinks every one should fit her definition of perfect!
As long as you and me , do not intentionally harm or hurt we are just strong women.
I usually say , I am the best friend and worst enemy:)))
Respectfully,
Tahirih
Very Nice
by Kaveh Nouraee on Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:57 AM PDTUnfortunately, the term has become blatantly misused, and isn't applied where it is actually appropriate.
There's nothing wrong with a woman who exudes self-confidence, self-assurance, self-respect and carries herself with dignity. As a matter of fact, they are too few and too far between.
Those women who think they hold some special entitlements because of what's in their panties and bra are the ones who are truly the epitome of the word.
No one is entitled
by PMK (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:22 AM PDTI invite you to read the book called bitch It was best seller for several years in New York Times. You get to see why there is such a words as “bitch” or “salith”.
The bottom line is that woman moment, feminist movement or any other title they might have , are all fascist movement . They just don’t want to accept that no one owes them anything. Nobody is entitled, by that I mean no one. They failed to accept this key issue . We are working one day a time and one man a time to hold woman responsible.
I hope you don’t filter my comments. Many woman do because they don’t want to hear the truth.
PMK
Rather be a bitch than a bichareh
by t (not verified) on Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:35 AM PDTSo many Iranians consider me a bitch. Not because I’m loud, a nagger, nasty, or bossy but because I’m independent, a doer, a free thinker and not living my life based on the Iranian cultural norms.
So, I say the same thing, hell with them. I rather them call me a bitch than a “bichareh”. When Iranians call someone a bitch it means they envy that person and wish they could have what that person has, confidence. When Iranians call someone “bichareh” it means they consider the person a loser.
- Author Unknown
by Mazloom on Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:08 PM PDT"Note: I don’t know who wrote this, and nobody else on the Internet seems to know either, but if and when I do find out, I’ll be happy to make attribution where it rightly belongs."
azadeh jan
by bajenaghe naghi on Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:12 AM PDTvery nice and i am not going to argue with you because 1. i agree with you and 2.... sorry, there is no 2. only 1. ;-)