Catty-shack

Why is it that when a woman states her mind and is confident, they are considered a bitch, but if it were a man, they are just being assertive?

Well, because women are usually acting like a bitch. Not all the time, and not all women. But how often do you see men in the workplace or a social occasion being manipulative and backstabbing? Not too often. Perhaps there is too much multi-tasking involved...

But women, if we want people to stop thinking that we are acting like bitches, we must stop acting like bitches. If a goat acts like a goat, you call it a goat. If it acts like a man eating squid, you call it a man eating squid. Just stop being a bitch. Here's how:

* If someone is wearing ridiculous shoes, don't compliment them. Just try not to stare.
* If you think someone is talking about you behind your back, they probably are. Get over yourself and it will stop.
* When someone needs to bitch about someone else, let them, but be supportive like a guy. Nod your head, add some "Oh"s, and "really?"s in there, but don't really care about what she is saying.
* When your life really sucks, like already picked out your hand-basket for the ride down sucks, call someone. Don't advertise it to a group of three or more. That's like rubbing hamburger meat all over you and jumping into a den of Lions who are PMSing. Why even buy the meat?
* Try genuinely being nice to people. You just might like it. And then when you really do have something that you need to be confident and assertive about, someone just may listen to you.