That got me to wondering - has BITCH always been a derogatory term for a female? [Bitch] became a naughty word in Christian Europe because it was one of the most sacred titles of the Goddess, Artemis-Diana, leader of the Scythian alani or "hunting dogs." The Bitch-goddess of antiquity was known in all Indo-European cultures, beginning with the Great Bitch Sarama who led the Vedic dogs of death.Harlots and "bitches" were identified in the ancient Roman cult of the Goddess Lupa, the Wolf Bitch, whose priestesses thelupae gave their name to prostitutes in general. No one knows when man first domesticated the dog. Evidencesuggests that "man" didn't do it at all; woman did it. In myth, dogs accompanied only the Goddess, guarding the gates of her after-world. Semitic tradition transformed the Goddess into the Angel of Death One of the oldest of these gods was Egyptian Anubis, brought from central Asia at a very early date under the name of Up-Uat,"Opener of the Way." He was also known as Mates, "He of the Mother. Anubis came to Rome as a leading character in the Osirian Mysteries. We have to find a way to stamp out patriarchy for all women, regardless of their race or income. Sexual harassment isn’t just a problem in the glamorous upper echelons of Hollywood and the Media and Capitol Hill. It’s a problem at fast food restaurants, and hotels, and farms and just about every other underpaid industry across America. Make no mistake, it’s a worse problem in those places. Minority women are more likely to experience sexual harrassement than White Women .white woman like Ashley Judd stands up to Harvey Weinstein, the world pays attention. Tarana Burke, Creator of The #MeToo Campaign,
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