you say that like its a bad word

The middle school dean of students, who used to teach at the high school, came over to do some paperwork. She relayed the story of a girl who slapped another girl because "she called me a bitch". Dean related the idea of control, and dealing with consequences. She had the girl look up the definition. "See it means opinionated woman, so the next time somebody calls you that tell them to capitalize it."