ext_12288 ([identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] redbrunja 2010-08-03 12:38 pm (UTC)

Creepy in the context I think you're implying, no. But it does enforce the concept of female passivity in narratives, and the viewing of the world through a primarily male lense. There's really nothing wrong with the content (a father loving his daughter and having a little trouble letting go when she's grown up) it's the perspective that has the problem.

The funny thing about country music is that the majority of songs by male artists enforce the concept of women being passive and tools used to further male narratives and encouraging the "good old boy" mindset (there's this one particular song that starts off talking about a woman whose husband/boyfriend left her and she has to work two jobs to support her kids, but she's used to introduce how amazing "real" men are for not running off on their families, because it's more impressive to do what you should do [if you're a man] than to persevere [if you're a woman]...I thinbk the title is "That's a Man") whereas the majority of songs from female artists, outside of the straight romantic songs, are very "up yours good old boys/patriarchal douches/abusers/controllers" so listening to even half an hour of country radio canresult in whiplash as far as messages go.

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