Woman in chains, woman in chains."
One of the most powerful songs. Ever.
I am by no means a 'feminist' but that's probably only because I was born into a world and raised in a society that has already long fought for gender equality. There are, of course, many debates still raging about whether opportunities or perceptions today are truly equal. I am persuaded by those who argue that most societies' constructs are so steeped in patriarchy that most everything is, at the foundations, designed for the benefit of the male disposition (E.g. Language, sport, law) and so true equality is at this stage impossible.
But oh how far we've come. And how I take my rights for granted.
I don't really think about it all that much, and honestly, for the longest time I carried a great aversion to all things feminist because of overkill of all the feminist perspectives they have on basically everything.
But then at some point in uni I appreciated the gravity of it all - the history of it - and was able to form my own convictions on the subject because of reading stronger, more relevant, more profound material in a sociology course.
And then.
I heard this song. And when I really listened to it, it was the first time I ever got emotional about it. Music is totally drawing me into its realm... It is pain and hope at once; beautiful and sad and honest; with lyrics that are both abstract and straightforward.
For me, again, the power of art - the power of expression not by facts but by truths. Because they may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
"It's under my skin but out of my hands
I'll tear it apart (somebody somewhere is trying)
But I won't understand (to breathe)
I will not accept the greatness of man
It's a world gone crazy keeps woman in chains
So free her, so free her, so free her."
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