If it's not satire, the song suggests women exist only to be seen and stroked by men, and fetishizes beauty. However, there's one that's subject to interpretation as to whether it's pro or anti-feminist. UNPOPULAR OPINION: “GOD IS A WOMAN” IS AN ANTI-FEMINIST SONG. In the '90s, there was a lot of anti-feminist sentiment in music, and some '90s songs you bopped along to (and probably still do) are actually pretty sexist. You might say "Barbie Girl" is satire, so it's fine. They never reach this conclusion lyrically though, so without the video (say, if you just heard it on the radio or sang it at karaoke, something I admittedly do more often than is necessary), the song is pretty anti-feminist. Hum Tere Pyaar Mei.N (Dil Ek Mandir 1963) 5. How Anti-Feminist Are These 20 Woman Hating Songs Sung by Women? “Bow Down/I Been On”. Now that we're "woke" we can start looking back on our favorite era with a little more savvy, and scrutinize the hits we held up as gospel in order to expose the rampant sexism that has a long history in the music industry. Sung by the Nooran Sisters, this power-packed song is about freedom, asking women to be young and carefree. It's the 15th anniversary of 'Stupid Girls,' and fans can't believe Pink ever wrote something that is so judgemental of other women. In employing minimal words to capture the overwhelming madness of teenage lust, there’s artfulness to their innuendo. It might seem odd that, after 30 years of devotion, I should suddenly find myself pondering the changing values and generational shifts that have occurred since I first heard them. Listen to the best feminist songs. A song penned by Lastesis, a feminist theater group in Chile, has gone incredibly viral. Why should women be judged solely on their appearance and interests? These matters came to a head when the band announced a new tour and my daughter asked if we could go to see them together. Bills, Bills, Bills. 10. But what is the satire here? This is an edited extract from Under My Thumb: Songs That Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, edited by Rhian E Jones and Eli Davies, published on 19 October by Repeater. Huh? What is the new generation of young women to think of a band that cautions women not to resist their advances and reduces them to a series of body parts? Their songs are populated by strippers, prostitutes and young men with apparently unvanquishable erections. Bitch (Meredith Brooks song) Bitch Bad. RECOMMENDED: Full guide to protests in NYC. And then I started to panic. AC/DC are the worst. Ace of Base were purportedly Neo-Nazis. Jay-Z's first line goes "You know I - thug em, fuck em, love em, leave em/Cause I don't fuckin need em" which sets the tone for the rest of the song, in which he treats women like sex objects to be disrespected at his will. Also read: 10 Feminist Songs To Listen To When The Patriarchy Has Got You Down. When we first met a teenage Britney Spears, her loneliness was killing her. 7 Of The Least Feminist Songs Of The '90s. To order this book for £8.49 (RRP £9.99) go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. [Season 41, 2016]Buy "This Is Not A Feminist Song" on iTunes! Cher Lloyd Want U … ), it's a pretty good indication that the chart-topping hits you remember nostalgically and have on all your best '90s playlists are actually pretty disappointing for women. Feminist themes have always … Here are some empowering songs to crank when you've "had it up to here," as Gwen Stefani would say. Music history is littered with lyrics that exclude or degrade women. Rejecting the Leslie Knope idea of "Ovaries before brovaries", Brandy and Monica fight each other in the song, rather than turning their anger towards the man that clearly played them both. What if that woman, the Barbie Girl, is actually a very nice, accomplished person otherwise? Not yet. Where I simply absorbed such archetypes in my youth, my daughter is already learning to question them. This is rock’n’roll cut to the bone. And yet, if you look closely at the lyrics, you’ll see that, while AC/DC’s woman are pitifully one-dimensional, they are also having a good time and are, more often than not, in the driving seat in sexual terms. Predictability is rarely a virtue in music – it usually points to a shortage of ideas. This much I know. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Right now, the details of AC/DC’s innuendo may go over her head, but as she gets older, all will become clear. Like. 1. I am a proud feminist, and a sizeable proportion of my work as a journalist is about combating sexism. We have talked about why so many of the female characters in classic kids’ books are dismissed as bossy, or cry a lot, or play second fiddle to the boys. While there are elements of AC/DC’s work that make me uncomfortable, and one or two that are unequivocally vile, there are many more that simply, through force of undiluted, old-fashioned rock’n’roll swagger, simply make me punch the air with joy. These are things that can ruin a band for me. 1. Plenty, but not all. (September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) And yet still I listen to AC/DC. But it’s not just about me any more, because my daughter listens to them, too. It was just role-play, an imitation of something seen on television or perhaps said by a parent, but it was chilling to hear; an unsettling fantasy of future anxiety. Female empowerment from the artists who do it best. 15 Popular Songs That Are Actually Feminist Anthems. So either way, "Barbie Girl" kind of sucks for feminism. The song accuses judges, police and politicians of committing or failing to stop rape. She’s 10 years old and, because of me, she adores Rock’n’Roll Train, in which singer Brian Johnson sings: “Take it to the spot/You know she’ll make it really hot.” She also loves You Shook Me All Night Long in which Johnson’s lover is a “fast machine” who keeps “her motor clean”. As a new book collects essays from female fans writing on their favourite problematic artists, one writer explain why she’s reappraising the rock band, First published on Mon 2 Oct 2017 16.13 BST. In the 19th century, anti-feminism was mainly focused on opposition to women's suffrage. The pop hits you loved in the '90s could be shockingly anti-woman, and sometimes it was even women who were behind these songs, which makes it all the more surprising. This list includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Dheere Dheere Machal (Anupama 1966) A lot can happen in 15 years. This is an edited extract from Under My Thumb: Songs That Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, edited by Rhian E Jones and Eli Davies, published on 19 October by Repeater. Lana Del Rey has defended herself against accusations that her lyrics are anti-feminist. "O.P.P." Tumhi Mere Mandir (Khandan 1965) 2. Be a Man (song) Bickenhead. Five Anti-Feminist Bollywood Songs That Will Make You Cringe 1. There's a lot that can go wrong when it comes to writing a feminist song. Women Write the Most Empowering Music—and These 41 Songs Prove It. They have been doing it for 30 years, I’ve seen it twice and I did not want my child to see it. It reinforces the manipulative, gold digger stereotype, and considering all the female protagonist of the song wants is "another baby", you can be pretty sure she's using child-bearing to pick up some sweet child support checks. The fact that they are rock’n’roll catnip to me surely isn’t enough. Saturdays Gentleman. It’s the fact that their songs are packed with precision and power, as catchy as the finest throwaway pop music. We take the music far more seriously than we take the lyrics, which are just throwaway lines.” But if the band members are merely pranksters, then women are their punchlines. Royals singer Lorde had previously critized Del Rey for her anti-feminist lyrics, labeling her songs: "Shirt-tugging, desperate, ‘don’t leave me’ stuff.'" Salute is the ultimate girl-power song and it has been compared to Beyoncé’s Run The World (Girls).The track praises independence and individuality. Now, though, I have cause to question whether they are really a band to be celebrated. I’ve long denounced assorted 70s and 80s musicians for their lyrical depictions of sexual violence, their reductive attitude to women and their offstage penchant for teenage girls. Thread starter Galatea; Start date May 25, 2017; Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. Two women fighting over a man isn't exactly inspiring for feminism. As well as big riffs, they are defined by casual sexism and oafish double entendres. "Big Pimpin" - Jay-Z (1999) 4. Feminist anthems call in all shapes and sizes, from the riot grrrl hard-hitters to pop radio chart-toppers. In seeing the band for what they really are – a bunch of archly sex-obsessed idiots with sharp tunes and some seriously killer riffs – she might just grow up to love them critically, but love them all the same. Tera Mera Saath Rahe (Saudagar 1973) 4. I try, where possible, to encourage my daughter to think about how women are represented in art, music, film and everyday life. Well by the definition of your thread - called anti-feminist - being against feminism (which is at the very heart equality not about being a traditional-housewife), the songs I posted would fall under that category. Lyrically, AC/DC may be puerile, but their pithiness is second to none. But, much as I feel bad about it, I just can’t. While this list isn't exhaustive (Can you even imagine an exhaustive list of songs that were anti-feminist from any given decade? This Forgotten Pink Song Is Being Called Anti-Feminist. Although the members of the girl group have misinterpreted the meaning of feminism in the past by saying, “I wouldn’t say we’re feminists; we don’t hate our men,” it cannot be denied that Salute is a song about feminism. She will roll her eyes at the teeny-weeny waists and bulging eyes of Disney heroines, but will still happily watch the movies. Which is the least feminist way to describe women, as chattels belonging to men. And in some countries, performing it is a risky business. What these feminist songs all have in common is a decidedly pro-woman message, perfect for literally every occassion. This is a woman who, just so we’re completely clear, “ain’t no fairy story/ ain’t no skin and bones”, and is as mandatory a part of the AC/DC live experience as tolling bells and old men in short trousers. Aap Ki Nazaro.n Ne Samjha (Anpadh 1962) 3. And then there's the fact that she's dancing around dressed as a fetishized school girl, which is way creepier than we realized at the time. "Run the World (Girls)" by Beyoncé. Black Magic (song) Black Widow (Iggy Azalea song) Body (Megan Thee Stallion … "... Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears (1998) 3. By Laurel Walsh Published Feb 07, 2021. All rights reserved. Whether she continues to listen, or decides that AC/DC are a ghastly throwback to an era she’s delighted to have missed, is up to her. It’s this context that, in the case of AC/DC, renders their lyrics daft as opposed to damaging. Meanwhile, "All That She Wants", which is one of those amazing '90s weird hits you probably remember quite fondly, is about a woman who doesn't want to work, and spends her days trolling for dudes. 1. The basic message is you don't need a personality or any individuality, just to unquestioningly love your man, and that will make you desirable to him. The opening riff to Back in Black has the same effect on me as the lengthy synthesised intro on I Feel Love by Donna Summer, or the thunk-thunk-thunk of New Order’s Blue Monday. Hits such as He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) and F***ed my Way Up To The Top are understandably up there amongst her most condemned anti-feminist songs. I’ve adored AC/DC since I was 12 and it’s not just nostalgia that keeps me going back. This much I know. The band’s defenders will often point to the bawdy humour in their songs. They really are appalling. Since then I’ve thought more about my blithe tolerance of AC/DC and wondered why I appear to have given them a free pass, when I have seen other artists reducing women to walking vaginas and cried foul. Oafish, sexist and brilliant ... AC/DC in 1979. Shouldn't a young woman with the world at her feet put her self worth in something more than the attentions of a boy? In the case of AC/DC, however, the inexorability of their songs, the visceral, if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it familiarity of those riffs, is precisely the appeal. Back before a time when Internet think pieces would tear apart songs and music videos, '90s songs that were anti-feminist went by largely unchecked. A few years ago, while my daughter was playing with a group of girls at a friend’s house, I overheard one of them prancing around in front of a mirror and wondering out loud if she looked fat. Odder still, perhaps, is that my love for this wilfully unreconstructed rock band has led me to think about my relationship with my daughter, specifically the influence that a parent can have over a child’s cultural life and the ideological quandaries that it can raise. Together we have looked quizzically at the acres of pink in children’s clothes shops and at the miniature cookers and plastic cupcakes aimed at little girls in Toys R Us. Anti-feminism is opposition to feminism in some or all of its forms. But consider this: the Backstreet Boys are singing "I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you did, as long as you love me" as the video cycles through women who morph seamlessly into one another. They are preposterously smutty, hopelessly unsophisticated, and pretty much every one of their songs sounds the same. by Kat George 6/9/2014. I mean, the title should really tell you everything you need to know. AC/DC were one of the first bands I heard as a child coming from my older brother’s bedroom. Some are capital-F feminist, some are comforting as a … Favorite Anti-Feminist Songs. I try to be frank with her at all times, but even I’m not quite ready to give her a full breakdown of the body shaming, objectification and dehumanising of women in the AC/DC oeuvre. "Big Pimpin'", something of a dance floor anthem, is actually one of the most terrible, anti-feminist songs to plague the '90s. Beyonce's 10 Worst, Most Anti-Feminist Songs. “Cherry Bomb” by … It’s worth noting that none of this – at least so far – has come at the expense of her enjoyment. Jay-Z might be the husband of Beyonce, doting father of Blue Ivy, and shrewd businessman you admire him for being now, but earlier in his career Jay-Z didn't have much nice to say about women. I remembered Whole Lotta Rosie, in which the eponymous heroine, who we are cacklingly informed “ain’t exactly pretty/ain’t exactly small”, is brought to life during shows in the form of a massive blow-up effigy, busting out of her bra and knickers and sitting astride a cannon. By Rachel Epstein. Nina Simone’s “Four Women” details black female archetypes and tackles questions of identity for women of color in a post-emancipation America. It should go without saying that music in any era has its problems, and that sexism in music continues today. Share Share Tweet Email Comment. I still hadn’t clocked this when I first saw them live at the age of 18 and was faced with the inflatable Rosie who was, quite literally, the size of a house. And if so, what's wrong with that? People Who Voted On This List (26) Astoria 1811 books 728 friends Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) 545 books 369 friends Susanna - Censored by GoodReads … If being a traditional woman is being anti feminist, maybe you missed out on a broader definition of feminism. What is important is that she already understands that their portrayal of women, their bodies and their function, is not an accurate one. In 2004, in an interview with Sylvie Simmons for Mojo magazine, guitarist and band founder Angus Young remarked, “We’re pranksters more than anything else,” while his brother Malcolm noted: “We’re not like some macho band. Here are some of the least feminist songs from the '90s. Queen Bey's powerful, high-energy anthem is everything, from a crowd favorite to a ... "Nasty" by Janet Jackson. Man, I love AC/DC. When not extolling the delights of fighting, gambling, drinking and fast cars, their songs are about getting laid or hoping to get laid. They might make you think twice before you belt out some awesome Backstreet Boys in the shower, for instance. Far from subverting the stereotype that women are jealous, petty, and competitive, Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" furthered the notion that women just can't get along, especially when there's a common love interest involved. C/DC are the worst. Maddie & Tae’s 2014 debut single quickly became known as “the feminist country song.” The Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper was a response to troubling trends in contemporary country music — namely the rampant objectification of women in songs and music videos from male artists. It's a common misconception that to be a feminist, one must be a cis woman, but this is far from the case. It's not exactly inspiring for a generation of independent young women. I'm just going to leave that information right there. Their songs are populated by strippers, prostitutes and young men with apparently unvanquishable erections. Anyone can be a feminist. Later, opponents of women's entry into institutions of higher learning argued that education was too great a physical burden on women. Santigold Big Mouth. Patakha Guddi (Highway) Patakha Guddi means ‘firebrand kite’ in Punjabi. So far I’ve kept her away from Go Down, Big Balls and Let Me Put My Love Into You, but it’s only a matter of time before she finds them for herself. A powerful black feminist song, “Four Women” nicely accompanies other empowering Nina Simone tunes like “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” and “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life.”. On hearing this, the conscientious feminist would surely stop listening and build a bonfire out of the band’s back catalogue. As she sings "The reason I breathe is you" and "There's nothing that I wouldn't do", she implores her love interest to tell her what to do in order to please him. isn't about "getting" with women, it's about taking another man's property. Feminism is … Most Feminist Lyrics: "Go to work and get paid less than a man/When I'm doin' the same damn thing that he can/When I'm aggressive then I'm a bitch/When I got attitude you call me a … It’s because of moments such as this that I’ve made a point of offering my child an alternative narrative – one in which women can be proud of their bodies, exist apart from the male gaze and not just reject but hoot with laughter at the moronic archetypes presented in advertising, the media, film, TV and music. There’s an unpleasant sneering quality to Bon Scott’s assertion on Carry Me Home: “You ain’t no lady but you sure got taste in men/That head of yours has got you by time and time again.” In Let Me Put My Love Into You, Johnson sings: “Don’t you struggle, don’t you fight/Don’t worry cause it’s your turn tonight”, a grim rape fantasy with the payoff: “Let me cut your cake with my knife.”. Don't pretend you don't go bananas when you're on the dance floor and Naughty By Nature comes on. Far from subverting the stereotype ... 2. When not extolling the delights of fighting, gambling, drinking and fast cars, their songs are about getting laid or hoping to get laid. You probably swooned over "As Long As You Love Me" in the '90s because it's "romantic". As well as big riffs, they are defined by casual sexism and oafish double entendres. Man, I love, ‘If we’re looking at power balance, there are plenty of instances where it is stacked in the women’s favour.’. In fact, songs about equality and respecting women have been a staple in country music songs written by men as well. If we’re looking at power balance, there are plenty of instances where it is stacked in the women’s favour. 12 Carrie Underwood 2021 Bustle Digital Group. It would be her first stadium gig and I couldn’t have been more delighted. And yet here I am. Is it making fun of women who prefer plastic surgery and blonde hair? Please help to improve this list by introducing more precise citations. This is an obvious choice. For definitely "anti-feminist"? It wouldn’t be a stretch to say Ariana Grande’s song God is a Woman has been a hit since it’s release date July 13th, 2018. In Whole Lotta Rosie (“When it comes to lovin’, she steals the show”) and She Shook Me All Night Long (“Taking more than her share/Had me fighting for air”), it’s the men who come over as passive and hopeless, awestruck in the presence of sexual partners more experienced and adept than them. We have had tentative conversations about sex, physical autonomy and body image. We'd spend our lives writing and reading it! They are the joke, and so is the sexism that they must endure. Dreams of the Everyday Housewife by Glen Campbell (ack!) Unfortunately, "O.P.P." I realise now that the crucial difference between my own musical discoveries as a child and those of my daughter is context. Mar 9, 2018 Getty Images. means "Other People's Pussy", and suggests that women are "owned" by their men. The big-breasted, thunder-thighed women and hopelessly horny boys that inhabit them bring to mind saucy seaside postcards and Carry On films. So I'm going to check them now! This is because my daughter loves AC/DC, too. Z-FLOThe Feminist Song℗ Solar Music, LLCReleased on: 2019-01-18Auto-generated by YouTube. Writing on Instagram , the star criticised "female writers" who have attacked her for "glamorising abuse". I instinctively loved them and failed to notice that when Bon Scott pronounced his desire for Rosie, he was saying it in spite of her not being a perfect size eight. They are preposterously smutty, hopelessly unsophisticated, and pretty much every one of their songs sounds the same. "The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy & Monica (1998) Two women fighting over a man isn't exactly inspiring for feminism. Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes. The one redeeming feature of the song is the music video, in which they totally band together at the end to reveal to their cheating boyfriend that they've uncovered his cheating ways. It's a pretty nasty representation of womanhood, and a complete non sequitur to Ace of Base's frivolous dance music. They really are appalling.
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