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‘Bitch’ has a 1,000-year history. Its use has always been about power

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‘Bitch’ has a 1,000-year history. Its use has always been about powerAngelo Carniato/Unsplash, The Conversation

A few years ago, I was called a “bitch” in a workplace meeting simply for speaking up. The word stung, not just as a personal insult, but as part of a long tradition of policing women’s behaviour. Bitch is one of the most charged gendered slurs in English. And yet, today, it can be...

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