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lydiaquayle 08/19/20 8:43:41 PM #1:	https://www.vox.com/21365241/19th-amendment-womens-suffrage-backlash Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) wants people to know when bitch became a go-to insult. From 1915 to 1930, Madam Speaker, that word suddenly took off in usage ... and you know why? Jayapal said in a House floor speech this July. Because in 1920, this body gave women the right to vote and that was just a little too much power for too many men across the country. As Jayapal noted, the decades following womens suffrage saw the rise of the term bitch, which is still frequently used against women today. Its a point she emphasized while speaking in support of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after a reporter witnessed Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) call her a fucking bitch earlier this summer. According to a 2014 Vice report by Arielle Pardes, the use of bitch in literature and articles doubled between the years 1915 and 1930. While part of this surge was due to a spike in the words use to describe female dogs, as well as the rise in popularity of the term son of a bitch, some of this increase was also driven by its use as an insult against women. There is an uptick in use of bitch as a term of abuse for women that starts gradually in the 1920s and 1930s, and then really gains traction in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s for a woman who is seen as conniving, malicious, or just plain bad, says Kory Stamper, a lexicographer and former associate editor for Merriam-Webster dictionaries. Although scholars are unsure whether this trend is directly tied to womens suffrage, several noted that such backlash made sense and spoke to overwhelming discontent with womens power. If there was ever a time for this term to gain prominence, it would be with the passage of the 19th Amendment, when women were given the right to have an independent voice, says Kira Hall, a linguistics professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. --- [Feminist][CisGender][Straight Supporter][Non-Binary] I'm not Ashamed to Dress 'like a Woman' because I don't think it's Shameful to be a Woman. ~Iggy Pop~ <cite>lydiaquayle posted [p:943589113] in istory Les... [t:78922363]...</cite> <quote>https://www.vox.com/21365241/19th-amendment-womens-suffrage-backlash Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) wants people to know when bitch became a go-to insult. From 1915 to 1930, Madam Speaker, that word suddenly took off in usage ... and you know why? Jayapal said in a House floor speech this July. Because in 1920, this body gave women the right to vote and that was just a little too much power for too many men across the country. As Jayapal noted, the decades following womens suffrage saw the rise of the term bitch, which is still frequently used against women today. Its a point she emphasized while speaking in support of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after a reporter witnessed Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) call her a fucking bitch earlier this summer. According to a 2014 Vice report by Arielle Pardes, the use of bitch in literature and articles doubled between the years 1915 and 1930. While part of this surge was due to a spike in the words use to describe female dogs, as well as the rise in popularity of the term son of a bitch, some of this increase was also driven by its use as an insult against women. There is an uptick in use of bitch as a term of abuse for women that starts gradually in the 1920s and 1930s, and then really gains traction in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s for a woman who is seen as conniving, malicious, or just plain bad, says Kory Stamper, a lexicographer and former associate editor for Merriam-Webster dictionaries. Although scholars are unsure whether this trend is directly tied to womens suffrage, several noted that such backlash made sense and spoke to overwhelming discontent with womens power. If there was ever a time for this term to gain prominence, it would be with the passage of the 19th Amendment, when women were given the right to have an independent voice, says Kira Hall, a linguistics professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) wants people to know when bitch became a go-to insult. From 1915 to 1930, Madam Speaker, that word suddenly took off in usage ... and you know why? Jayapal said in a House floor speech this July. Because in 1920, this body gave women the right to vote and that was just a little too much power for too many men across the country.

As Jayapal noted, the decades following womens suffrage saw the rise of the term bitch, which is still frequently used against women today. Its a point she emphasized while speaking in support of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after a reporter witnessed Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) call her a fucking bitch earlier this summer.
According to a 2014 Vice report by Arielle Pardes, the use of bitch in literature and articles doubled between the years 1915 and 1930. While part of this surge was due to a spike in the words use to describe female dogs, as well as the rise in popularity of the term son of a bitch, some of this increase was also driven by its use as an insult against women.

There is an uptick in use of bitch as a term of abuse for women that starts gradually in the 1920s and 1930s, and then really gains traction in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s for a woman who is seen as conniving, malicious, or just plain bad, says Kory Stamper, a lexicographer and former associate editor for Merriam-Webster dictionaries.
Although scholars are unsure whether this trend is directly tied to womens suffrage, several noted that such backlash made sense and spoke to overwhelming discontent with womens power.

If there was ever a time for this term to gain prominence, it would be with the passage of the 19th Amendment, when women were given the right to have an independent voice, says Kira Hall, a linguistics professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) wants people to know when bitch became a go-to insult. From 1915 to 1930, Madam Speaker, that word suddenly took off in usage ... and you know why? Jayapal said in a House floor speech this July. Because in 1920, this body gave women the right to vote  and that was just a little too much power for too many men across the country.

As Jayapal noted, the decades following womens suffrage saw the rise of the term bitch, which is still frequently used against women today. Its a point she emphasized while speaking in support of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after a reporter witnessed Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) call her a fucking bitch earlier this summer.
According to a 2014 Vice report by Arielle Pardes, the use of bitch in literature and articles doubled between the years 1915 and 1930. While part of this surge was due to a spike in the words use to describe female dogs, as well as the rise in popularity of the term son of a bitch, some of this increase was also driven by its use as an insult against women.

There is an uptick in use of bitch as a term of abuse for women that starts gradually in the 1920s and 1930s, and then really gains traction in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s for a woman who is seen as conniving, malicious, or just plain bad, says Kory Stamper, a lexicographer and former associate editor for Merriam-Webster dictionaries.
Although scholars are unsure whether this trend is directly tied to womens suffrage, several noted that such backlash made sense and spoke to overwhelming discontent with womens power.

If there was ever a time for this term to gain prominence, it would be with the passage of the 19th Amendment, when women were given the right to have an independent voice, says Kira Hall, a linguistics professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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