Get a room, you two.The problem boils down to this:
- Strong, assertive male = admirable
- Strong, assertive female = bitch
Therefore, any encounter between the poster-in-question and myself would result in a highly distasteful argument.
But I did laugh when I read your comment. :)
Strong, assertive females should simply wear the word "bitch" as a badge of honor. I know that when strong, assertive men are called things like "arrogant, bastard, SOB, etc.," they try not to crack a smile.
I work with a female manager who is quite the "bitch", but she sure knows how to get things done around the office! Not surprisingly, she is unmarried. But she even admits that the kind of man who would tolerate her personality is probably not the kind of man she would want to marry.