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Originally posted by Chivas
DBAGAI is offensive in the very way that Grow a Pear and Ur So Gay are. All of these songs imply that if you're not a (heterosexual) male, you are in some way inferior. Did any of these girls mean offense by writing/singing these songs? Of course not, which is why I'm not mad at them. That being said, when you're in a position of influence, you have to be tactful with your words and try not to needlessly offend someone.
It may not seem like much, but the way we use language affects how we think, so if we are using "harmless" phrases such as "You're so gay!" or "Don't be such a girl about it!", we are influencing how we think about gays and women.
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Umm sorry, DBAGAI doesn't. Why do you automatically assume that not being a heterosexual male means that you would "play the worn out pity card", act like a "broken record", "act so misunderstood" etc.
In the song, Kelly is describing a man who is immature, childish and who acts like a little girl. These aren't traits of being gay, AT ALL.
Just because you're gay doesn't mean you can't be mature, empowered and rational.
The song is not offensive, it's you're assumptions of what being gay entails that are offensive. DBAGAI has absolutely no implications regarding sexuality, it's about the traits Kelly can't deal with, which are associated with those of a child.
The song applies to men AND women, gay AND straight. Plain and simple. So in the words of Kelly Clarkson, "Don't be a girl about it"