Thoughts on the song?

sorebum405 · 2021-08-28T22:03:24+00:00

The term boys will be boys is typically used to describe boys being overly energetic and playing rough with each other.I have never heard it be used to excuse sexual assault.

CyoneHotPee · 2021-08-28T20:36:34+00:00

The comments are making me mad.

DavidByron2 · 2021-08-29T00:20:01+00:00

Usual female privilege pretending to be victims and attacking men. Bigotry.

Brad20005 · 2021-08-29T00:10:32+00:00

The comments are making me lose brain cells

Dabnads · 2021-08-29T00:18:20+00:00

The people in the comments are the same people which have #killallmen on Twitter and the ones which are mostly responsible for cancel culture

Adrchg · 2021-08-29T01:09:27+00:00

and the people in the comments wonder why people find it hard to empathize with them. can't take a hint at all

SHREY36904 · 2021-08-29T18:42:00+00:00

Idk man, I don't listen to bullshit songs.

reddut_gang · 2021-08-29T03:33:36+00:00

same old mainstream bullshit

gnuban · 2021-08-28T23:27:45+00:00

I mean, the expression "boys will be boys" is a bit toxic and sometimes defends bad behavior, or is used as an excuse by a parent to not raise their kids properly. And i also clench my fist sometimes when walking past teenage boy gangs on town, who can be real primal in their behavior.

But feminism is approaching the problem is all the wrong ways. Instead of embracing men as fellow humans and allowing them to develop other sides of their personalities, they alienate them even more and stick them firmly in their gender roles, driving even more division and extremism. Thats why we need egalitarianism.

So basically I agree with some things that are said, but strongly disagree with the analysis.

Bojack35 · 2021-08-29T00:20:18+00:00

The cynic in me says it is more about financially capitalising on the discussion than contributing to it. But hey nothing wrong with that and it is actually fairly well done.

As to its content... there is nothing wrong with addressing the concerns that girls/ women face. However It is always a bit frustrating that universal issues are presented as so gender specific - the line about walking with keys between your fingers made me think about walking home with a knife in my hand which was actually borne from unhealthy paranoia rather than sensible fear. I'm not dismissing the threat of violence - another time I had about 20 kids jump me walking from my mums to my dads - just saying that the fear is often not relative to the threat. True for me walking with my knife and a girl walking with her keys.

This is the issue for me - at the moment the conversation on this and other subjects is focused on how a potential victim feels rather than the reality of the threat they face. In doing this we actually promote fear which makes the problem seem worse and so on..

Rather than emphasising the dangers women or any other group face it would be refreshing for the media to provide perspective on how safe people actually are. I know it's not sensational or interesting but the most effective way of making people feel less afraid would be to stop telling them they have to be so afraid. Not to a point of encouraging recklessness but there must be a happier medium.

Particularly with women it has almost become a 'qualification' of being a woman - being threatened on the streets is presented as such a universal part of being a woman that not experiencing it diminishes your womanhood. So if you feel you must experience it there is a confirmation bias that pushes you to feel afraid like a woman 'should.'

Sorry I went off on a bit of a tangent there but we need to stop telling women that all women feel afraid as it is just self fulfilling.

As to the actual 'boys will be boys but girls will be women' it's a perfect example of twisting a phrase to suit your argument. Boys will be boys refers to their tendency to scrape their knees and be messy/ play rough not to condone sexual harassment. The idea that girls are forced to grow up because of gender specific dangers they face but boys enjoy extended childhoods ignores the gender specific dangers they face. One of them being treated as a threat just for being a boy' exactly as this song tries to justify.

AppleJuicePro · 2021-08-29T04:00:20+00:00

Your daily reminder: MGTOW MGTOW MGTOW

Greg_W_Allan · 2021-08-29T08:26:46+00:00

Excellent example of acceptable prejudice.

Its_K_M · 2021-08-29T10:19:54+00:00

Bullshit lipa

AcidKritana · 2021-08-29T22:51:46+00:00

I find it funny how it's saying that women have more to fear while walking down the street, and men are the ones who are actually massively in more danger.

PixelCake7879 · 2021-08-30T08:38:04+00:00

It's a nice song

Title	Thoughts on the song?
Author	No-Perspective5346
Upvotes	14
Comments	19
Date	August 28, 2021 7:53 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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