Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Day 81 - Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got


Overall, I'm a fan of this song.  It has lines like "Every day the sun comes up around her. She can make the birds sing harmony.  Every drop of rain is glad it found her.  Heaven must have made her just for me."  Who wouldn't wanna have someone sing something like that to them? 
But as I listened to it, there is one line in particular that makes me cringe whenever I hear the song is "I kiss the ground she walks on, cuz my word, my word she'll obey."  Hmmm... Kids obey, dogs obey, but a girlfriend/wife?  Yeah, that sounds like patriarchy taking effect.  Partners work together and do things for each other, but they do not order each other around.  Patriarchy is a beast in the things that it makes people think are acceptable, even necessary. 
So think about the things you say and the things that you expect in any relationship.  Are things coming out of your idea of masculinity/femininity based on what the media says or out of who you are authentically in a relationship?

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