The song meaning is pretty clear and I believe that it has the same meaning now as it used to when the song was written. Actually it is like that with all the songs Lennon had written. He speaks about what is the role assigned to the females in the society and that women are forced to conform otherwise as he states: "we say she's trying to be a man". One of the major ideas of the song is that this is so deep in our minds that we accepted for granted so much that we are not even able to see it.
I just have to disagree with LennonGenius! on the following points. He/She assumes too many things and from the comment I would assume that He/She is a white male from the US :)
I cannot speak for all the history since I am not too well prepared on the subject, but I agree that since the beginning of capitalism woman had been living in a very patriarchal society, I assume that it was like that long time before the emergence of capitalism, but I doubt it was on that large scale as it is now. Anyways I do not agree that women were not "threated like that" thru all the history. All history is not in any ways the history of capitalism;)
According to this sentence:
"Blacks, as well as women (at least in America) are becoming much more accepted"
There are many nation-states that people with black/brown skin colour were always accepted and the values of the US society do not apply to all the world.
I do not think that the strong patriarchical society in many parts o the US is in any way less patriarchical in the last decades. Just can you imagine a woman presidential candidate from the republican party? Or any large-scale questioning of the authority of the founding FATHERS for example?
What I am meaning that the problems are still very strong not only in the US of course, but everywhere in the world. I agree that Lennon was kinda a genius since he showed us very clearly where are the problems of the contemporary society and gave us a roadmap how we should stand and fight against them.
The song meaning is pretty clear and I believe that it has the same meaning now as it used to when the song was written. Actually it is like that with all the songs Lennon had written. He speaks about what is the role assigned to the females in the society and that women are forced to conform otherwise as he states: "we say she's trying to be a man". One of the major ideas of the song is that this is so deep in our minds that we accepted for granted so much that we are not even able to see it.
I just have to disagree with LennonGenius! on the following points. He/She assumes too many things and from the comment I would assume that He/She is a white male from the US :)
I cannot speak for all the history since I am not too well prepared on the subject, but I agree that since the beginning of capitalism woman had been living in a very patriarchal society, I assume that it was like that long time before the emergence of capitalism, but I doubt it was on that large scale as it is now. Anyways I do not agree that women were not "threated like that" thru all the history. All history is not in any ways the history of capitalism;)
According to this sentence: "Blacks, as well as women (at least in America) are becoming much more accepted"
There are many nation-states that people with black/brown skin colour were always accepted and the values of the US society do not apply to all the world.
I do not think that the strong patriarchical society in many parts o the US is in any way less patriarchical in the last decades. Just can you imagine a woman presidential candidate from the republican party? Or any large-scale questioning of the authority of the founding FATHERS for example?
What I am meaning that the problems are still very strong not only in the US of course, but everywhere in the world. I agree that Lennon was kinda a genius since he showed us very clearly where are the problems of the contemporary society and gave us a roadmap how we should stand and fight against them.