The part about wanting a daughter now is incredible. ive been thinking about it all day and i see it as wanting a daughter to show beauty to because of the tenderness of a girl and how she would take it in. i mean, you would still show a boy the same things but its different, with a little girl you have to protect her until the day you die. how he says "if its too much to ask" i think hes talking to "god" in a sense, and means if its too much to ask that the world be beautiful still for her to see it then send me a son because a boy has a harder edge and could face a crumbling world with more chance of survival. All in all i think the song is about harnessing your time left on this planet because the good times and going to be over soon. get off the pavement and into the grass, infrastructure falling... Gorgeous song about a world going bad and living in such a pinnacle time.
Music and most art tend to use themes and imagery to convey those themes. Certain colors carry certain emotions, ideas. The use of a male/female dichotomy is often used in art. Women are often representational of beauty, purity, motherhood, (many related to the Virgin Mary, a near constant figure in Western Art.) Men are often forces of war, aggression, barbarism. All stereotypes will find some semblance in truth, and in this case it is true. You don't hear about young women in Darfur killing and raping men, you hear about men killing and raping women. To be a woman in a society out of control is often to be a victim in war, for thousands of years it was standard policy for a commander to allow his troops to rape the women of a people he has beaten in battle, and it still continues in some parts of the world today.
Stop being overly politically correct, art is not politically correct, and you aren't cool.
I think, as the song is sung by a man, the whole "Daughter" bit is that he wants his daddy's girl. I'm my father's only daughter and my relationship with him is so very different from his relationship with my brothers. The singer wants to have that bond and it has nothing whatsoever to do with sexism or beauty or purity.
I think, as the song is sung by a man, the whole "Daughter" bit is that he wants his daddy's girl. I'm my father's only daughter and my relationship with him is so very different from his relationship with my brothers. The singer wants to have that bond and it has nothing whatsoever to do with sexism or beauty or purity.
I don't agree with girls being necessarily more vulnerable and need protection than boys. I think it's values we label girls and boys. Yes; physically boys are stronger and like Githanan points out, througout the history the violent acts have been coming more from men, but that has something to do with gender policy and places not veing equal besides the male's physical strength. However that is not still the case in today's society and therefor the idea of a 'little girl who needs more protection than a little boy' is outdated and annoying. It keeps some imaginations of the...
I don't agree with girls being necessarily more vulnerable and need protection than boys. I think it's values we label girls and boys. Yes; physically boys are stronger and like Githanan points out, througout the history the violent acts have been coming more from men, but that has something to do with gender policy and places not veing equal besides the male's physical strength. However that is not still the case in today's society and therefor the idea of a 'little girl who needs more protection than a little boy' is outdated and annoying. It keeps some imaginations of the genders alive that are not longer necessarily the truth, so it works like a self-fulfilling prophecy, in my opinion.
By the way different perspectives is what makes a developing and challenging debate, so LazyT747 if you just want to get confirmed in your own opinions, maybe just read a book that doesn't fight back. But in an active debate all opinions are wellcome, suck it up.
The part about wanting a daughter now is incredible. ive been thinking about it all day and i see it as wanting a daughter to show beauty to because of the tenderness of a girl and how she would take it in. i mean, you would still show a boy the same things but its different, with a little girl you have to protect her until the day you die. how he says "if its too much to ask" i think hes talking to "god" in a sense, and means if its too much to ask that the world be beautiful still for her to see it then send me a son because a boy has a harder edge and could face a crumbling world with more chance of survival. All in all i think the song is about harnessing your time left on this planet because the good times and going to be over soon. get off the pavement and into the grass, infrastructure falling... Gorgeous song about a world going bad and living in such a pinnacle time.
and what we have here ladies and gentlemen, is sexist gender stereotyping at it's finest.
and what we have here ladies and gentlemen, is sexist gender stereotyping at it's finest.
Umm... actually not really Hellothere.
Umm... actually not really Hellothere.
Music and most art tend to use themes and imagery to convey those themes. Certain colors carry certain emotions, ideas. The use of a male/female dichotomy is often used in art. Women are often representational of beauty, purity, motherhood, (many related to the Virgin Mary, a near constant figure in Western Art.) Men are often forces of war, aggression, barbarism. All stereotypes will find some semblance in truth, and in this case it is true. You don't hear about young women in Darfur killing and raping men, you hear about men killing and raping women. To be a woman in a society out of control is often to be a victim in war, for thousands of years it was standard policy for a commander to allow his troops to rape the women of a people he has beaten in battle, and it still continues in some parts of the world today.
Stop being overly politically correct, art is not politically correct, and you aren't cool.
I think, as the song is sung by a man, the whole "Daughter" bit is that he wants his daddy's girl. I'm my father's only daughter and my relationship with him is so very different from his relationship with my brothers. The singer wants to have that bond and it has nothing whatsoever to do with sexism or beauty or purity.
I think, as the song is sung by a man, the whole "Daughter" bit is that he wants his daddy's girl. I'm my father's only daughter and my relationship with him is so very different from his relationship with my brothers. The singer wants to have that bond and it has nothing whatsoever to do with sexism or beauty or purity.
hellothere23, do the world a favor and don't ever post on here again.
hellothere23, do the world a favor and don't ever post on here again.
I don't agree with girls being necessarily more vulnerable and need protection than boys. I think it's values we label girls and boys. Yes; physically boys are stronger and like Githanan points out, througout the history the violent acts have been coming more from men, but that has something to do with gender policy and places not veing equal besides the male's physical strength. However that is not still the case in today's society and therefor the idea of a 'little girl who needs more protection than a little boy' is outdated and annoying. It keeps some imaginations of the...
I don't agree with girls being necessarily more vulnerable and need protection than boys. I think it's values we label girls and boys. Yes; physically boys are stronger and like Githanan points out, througout the history the violent acts have been coming more from men, but that has something to do with gender policy and places not veing equal besides the male's physical strength. However that is not still the case in today's society and therefor the idea of a 'little girl who needs more protection than a little boy' is outdated and annoying. It keeps some imaginations of the genders alive that are not longer necessarily the truth, so it works like a self-fulfilling prophecy, in my opinion.
By the way different perspectives is what makes a developing and challenging debate, so LazyT747 if you just want to get confirmed in your own opinions, maybe just read a book that doesn't fight back. But in an active debate all opinions are wellcome, suck it up.