Woman is the Nigger of the World
Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is...think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it...do something about it
We make her paint her face and dance
If she wont be a slave, we say that she dont love us
If shes real, we say shes trying to be a man
While putting her down, we pretend that shes above us
Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is
If you dont believe me, take a look at the one youre with
Woman is the slave of the slaves
Ah, yeah...better scream about it
We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that shes too unworldly to be our friend
Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is
If you dont believe me, take a look at the one youre with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yeah...alright...hit it!
We insult her every day on tv
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When shes young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb
Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is...if you dont believe me, take a look at the one youre with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yes she is...if you believe me, you better scream about it
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
This song is obviously racist, but is it degrading to women, or is Lennon trying to make a point that women deserve a higher status in society? There are plenty of arguments for each side, but who is to say how each individual that is listening to it is going to interpret it? The first time I listened to it, I thought this song was clearly degrading to women, and ridiculously racist. Woman is the nigger of the world, make her paint her face and dance, we insult her every day, we kill her will to be free. It initially seemed degrading to me, but then I rethought it, and wondered if maybe Lennon was just trying to bring to light the fact that these are the things we do to women.
1 comments:
I agree with you, it seems like the song is pointing out the negative ways that women are treated, not trying to degrade them.
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