Newsflash: I'm a bitch.

A situation arose yesterday where the Lord of All Douchebags - Glenn Beck - made a disparaging "joke" about women, basically saying we all were psycho. Some of my female friends and I took this the wrong way apparently, because we were chastised by a Beck apologist who said it was simply a "joke" and we should all just "chill out".

None of us laughed at said "joke", nor did we "chill out". We took offense to it because the comment, when weighed against Beck's character (of which he has none), shows that the intent was inherently sincere.

With this comment Beck aligns himself with the likes of Rush Limbaugh, who has ZERO respect for women (and any woman who stands for women's rights, calling us "feminazis"), standing strong for the male driven, rich white majority that thinks they still run the country.

And I, of course, did not stay silent about it.

Which of course pegs me as a psycho woman, or at the very least a "bitch" - which is simply code for a woman who speaks her mind whether folks like it or not, or goes after what she wants whether folks like it or not.

Some women take the word offensively, but I never have. I embrace the word. I've used it as a term of empowerment. So much so that my sons have learned that "son of a bitch" is not an insult. When called that they simply respond with, "Damn right. And proud of it."

A far worse word for women is "cunt", because it takes all the value of your humanity away and reduces you simply to a body part that, for far too many men, is our only usefulness.

So if anyone ever called me a "cunt", they'd see how big of a "bitch" I'd become.

"Bitch" is just a term given to women by men who don't have the courage or capacity to be anything more than one dimensional, which was Beck's point. He said that men are very straightforward. They want something to eat, something to f*ck, and to go to sleep.

For Beck and his ilk, maybe that's all they really need... a "cunt" that knows how to cook.

Women are a tad more complicated than that, and because of that he tags them as "psycho" simply because he doesn't have the depth of understanding enough to figure them out.

Somehow it's our fault that he's an idiot.

Women aren't hard to figure out IF you're paying attention. You're going to have to put some thought into the relationship, something more than "what's for dinner?" or "am I going to get lucky tonight?"

Women give their all in a relationship and want (and deserve) more than just a convenient partnership with it serves YOUR basic needs.

Like the line from my theme song states, to be my partner you're going to have to "take me as I am - this may mean you'll have to be a stronger man".

If that makes me a bitch... that's fine with me.

In fact I used to have a t-shirt that said, "I'm not A bitch, I'm THE bitch and it's MS. Bitch to you". I'd wear that to the grocery store and the crowds would part like the red sea.

A big woman who proclaims her bitchiness apparently can be rather intimidating.

That, and I have a very forceful personality when I choose to wield it. If you've read the bio to the right you'll see that I've got a lot of things going on (as do most) and it's contained in a package marked "contents may explode if overheated".

A friend of mine who shared my astrological sign told me it's all about being a Scorpio. That five people can walk into a room and say that it's cold outside, but if a Scorpio follows and makes the same statement people start to back up and tell us to calm down.

Which, incidentally, is the last thing you want to tell someone as it has the exact opposite effect.

And I know I come across a tad... arrogant... when I respond to the posts that get me fired up, especially when challenged. I've been accused of "not fighting fair", by looking for weaknesses and pouncing on them to make the other person look like an idiot.

To which I reply, I don't make anyone look like an idiot. They usually do a bang up job of that on their own. I'm simply illustrating the obvious.

I have very strong beliefs and I have no problem whatsoever making those beliefs known and, if need be, defending them as passionately as I feel they need to be defended.

But I resist the claim this makes me "psycho", especially since this word would not be used for a man who chooses to act in the same way.

If a man is aggressive, that's part of his nature - a primal reaction he needs to survive. If a woman is aggressive, it's either "that time of the month", she's a "bitch", or she's "hysterical".

Go ahead and Google the origin of the word "hysteria". I'll wait. I think you'll find it quite interesting, and it'll give a little extra depth to why women in particular wouldn't find Beck's "joke" very entertaining.

Quite simply it feeds into the whole feminine myth that women are less emotionally stable than men... which is total horseshit.

When an arrogant rich white man makes a comment like that, it's going to draw a very strong reaction. Which is why he made it, no doubt about it. But brushing it off as a joke is a cop out. I don't buy it and I won't stay silent about it, especially when I know I'm in the right.

Women with any shred of self respect - and enlightened men who actually like and respect women - can see that this was an ass backward comment, not a joke.

I played the same sound bite for my husband and my son, and both of them dropped their head in their hands and wanted to know the name of the asswhipe who was about to make their night a lot more turbulent.

A mad Ginger is not a fun Ginger.

They did not laugh, because they did not find it funny. Nor did a professional stand-up comedian who posted the link in the first place as just one more piece of evidence to show the Douchebagginess that is Glenn Beck.

But when you are the audience that Beck's particular brand of "entertainment" appeals to, apparently you can laugh at this locker room humor and not think there's anything wrong with it. They probably also like Rush Limbaugh, who can tell a female caller who questioned his quite questionable morals to "take the tampons out of her ears".

Sadly, there are people this brand of "entertainment" appeals to.

I am not one of these people. And I take issue with the people that are. Quite simply if you want to deride me for taking offense to an offensive blanket statement to a group that includes me as a woman, made primarily to OFFEND - you're an idiot.

This does not make me a psycho just because I happen to be female.

Get it right.

I'm not a bitch, I'm THE bitch... and it's Ms. Bitch to you.