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Old Oct 20, 2013, 03:26 PM
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The song is disgusting and clearly promotes rape culture. Even alluring in a line that drugs were used on the girl (of which he is singing about) asking if she can breathe.

As a survivor of multiple sexual assault, a lot of words I heard in this song was something I had said to me by my abusers. "You know you want it", "you're an animal", "you're a good girl".

Not to mention blurred lines is usually described as the lines between yes and no. He is singing about hating the "blurred lines" because this girl looks good, shes flirting, so clearly that means he is entitled to sex with her even if she says no. People get angry and say someone is too much of a feminist when feminist are willing to look into the context of the song or a song or a piece of media and reflect societies attitudes and apply it into a proper context for understanding.

I hate the "too much of a feminist" argument for that reason. I am a feminist, and if I see something that supports rape culture which is a social institutionalized construct, then I am willing to call in out even if someone cries "you're looking to far into it!" has anyone ever thought, maybe you're not looking far enough into it?
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Last edited by Grey Matter; Oct 20, 2013 at 05:06 PM.
Thanks for this!
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