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9.30.2010

Demeaning or Just Guilty....

So today I was talking to one of my friends and we got into the age old argument of how some club songs are so demeaning to women and blah blah blah. I mean me personally I do not find these songs demeaning because I know that they are not talking about me and that I cannot relate to them on a personal level. There are plenty of songs that you can find me bouncing to in the club that are rude and CAN be offensive to some women but like I said not to me because I know who and what I am and none of those songs describe me. Also I tend to believe that all artist write from personal experience no matter how crappy the song is. So if a dude is writing a song about how he "fucked this hoe" and how this "bitch sucked him up" then hey thats what happened. It wasn't me and I have never been in a situation where I engaged in any form of sexual intercourse where I would be considered to have shown "hoe" behavior so if the song has a nice beat and a snappy chorus, when it comes on in the club Im down to move to the beat. I don't get mad and say how dare he calls that girl a "bitch" or tell about their sexual encounters! Hey I look at as freedom of speech and dude just expressing the way he felt or relaying the story of what happened. Example one of my favorite songs in the club is Travis Porter Make It Rain. I do not find that song the least bit offensive. I am not a stripper, I don't shake my behind for cash nor show it for currency lol so why would I get all bent out of shape about the songs lyrical content? I have a theory and this is a theory not a proven fact so no need to get bent out of shape about it unless deep down inside you know its true. But my theory is females who find songs to be offensive and demeaning are either one of two things. One a feminist or two guilty! I say guilty because when I was younger I used to always here this saying "a hit dog will holler" meaning that in order for you to find this song demeaning or disrespectful you would have to relate or deep down inside you know that you can fall under the category of the person that the song is talking about so you sympathize with her ("hoes stick together").  I don't know maybe my take on the situation may be wrong or foolish but hey its my opinion and everyone is entitled to their own...Right!

1 comment:

tremayne said...

yeah i know some women are sensitive about songs, if it dont apply to u then u shhouldnt trip, but then theres a side where the dudes will a song that i think me as a man would find degrating to women, like lil b got a song called violate that bitch, i feel like its kinda degrating but at the same time i be jammin too it lol but its so many different ways u can look at the situation