I had a lot of fun doing this blog. A lot of songs speak to me about gender. One song was Creep, which is about a relationship that is not working well; the guy is cheating on her. Therefore, she feels she can cheat also, because the guy is not showing her any affection. I think its probably not a great message, since you shouldn't be with a guy who does nothing but cheat on you if you're supposed to be exclusive; but this is coming from a woman who may love a man and want to stay with him, but basically she needs to find affection else-where. Most songs I chose mostly had to do with relationships and the roles of men and women in them, because I can relate to them. One of the songs is called "She Got Her Own" by Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx and Fabolous. It describes how a woman works on her own and does not need a man to take care of her. He loves the fact that she is independent and does not have to depend on him or isn't just with him for the money but for love. Most of the other songs are describing being in a relationship, or how one should treat the person they love.
In Fife, we learned about the divide between working class and upper class women and feminism. I remember hearing about this before on Oprah. For most of the early feminist movement, it seems as if upper-class, white women were the dominant people, and could sometimes forget other groups. I think its wrong that that happened; I think feminism should be for about lifting up all types of women and making sure all women are treated equally.
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