I always thought, "I know you want it, but you're a good girl" was him singing about the blurred lines between women's natural sexual desires and the fact that society tells them they have to be "good girls" and abstain from sex before marriage or they'll get ****-shamed. If anything, the song sounds pro-feminism to me. And feminists just got all pissy because he's an attractive man who loves sex, loves the female body and is attracted to women. Yes, pinching that girl's bum was wrong. But he's a rock star. Rock stars have sex with groupies. Are we really surprised he's living a (slightly) rock star life by having a squeeze when he was drunk? He shouldn't have done that. But he did.
But is Blurred Lines really about rape? Is it really about blurred lines of consent? It's "I hate these blurred lines, I know you want it, I know you want it, I know you want it, But you're a good girl" not "I hate these blurred lines, I know you want it, I know you want it, I know you want it, So I'll keep on going anyway no matter how much you push and scream and say 'no' because I know you want it."
The lyrics remind me of this scene:
edit: I should probably also say I'm neither a fan of him nor the song. I just think that the whole "IT'S A RAPE ANTHEM" is women's studies students giving feminism a bad name, because really, as if he's singing that guys should just keep going no matter how much she screams no. Why would he do that?
I always thought, "I know you want it, but you're a good girl" was him singing about the blurred lines between women's natural sexual desires and the fact that society tells them they have to be "good girls" and abstain from sex before marriage or they'll get ****-shamed. If anything, the song sounds pro-feminism to me. And feminists just got all pissy because he's an attractive man who loves sex, loves the female body and is attracted to women. Yes, pinching that girl's bum was wrong. But he's a rock star. Rock stars have sex with groupies. Are we really surprised he's living a (slightly) rock star life by having a squeeze when he was drunk? He shouldn't have done that. But he did.
But is Blurred Lines really about rape? Is it really about blurred lines of consent? It's "I hate these blurred lines, I know you want it, I know you want it, I know you want it, But you're a good girl" not "I hate these blurred lines, I know you want it, I know you want it, I know you want it, So I'll keep on going anyway no matter how much you push and scream and say 'no' because I know you want it."
The lyrics remind me of this scene:
edit: I should probably also say I'm neither a fan of him nor the song. I just think that the whole "IT'S A RAPE ANTHEM" is women's studies students giving feminism a bad name, because really, as if he's singing that guys should just keep going no matter how much she screams no. Why would he do that?
hunty, stop right there... have you even seen the video??? he has a bunch of naked girls grinding and dancing around in suggestive manner and balloons hanging around that says robin thicke has a big d*** while singing "i know you want it" " i hate these blurred lines"
girl if you think thats pro feminism then you should log off the internet and start reading books..
and dont even get me started on that pic... if he wanted to have a "rockstar lifestyle" then he shouldn't have gotten married in the first place...
I will never understand the fuss about Blurred Lines being a rape anthem. Obviously some of the lyrics can be perceived the wrong way, but why are some people pathetic enough to not only read so much into them but keep pretending it's a big deal a year later
Robin is fine, harmless and in his personal life much less provocative and shameless than certain other celebs who get away with it.