SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARDS By Brandy Unser SONGS WITH

SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARDS By: Brandy Unser

SONGS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES Ø This One’s For The Girls -Martina Mc. Bride http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/martinamcbrid e/thisonesforthegirls. html Ø Typical Girls -The Slits http: //www. sing 365. com/music/lyric. nsf/Typic al-Girls-lyrics-The. Slits/CF 03 CB 714469 A 63 E 4825713 B 000 F 93 F 0 Ø Respect -Aretha Franklin http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/arethafranklin/ respect. html Ø Survivor -Destiney's Child http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/destinyschild/s urvivor. html Ø Your Revolution -Sarah Jones http: //songmeanings. com/songs/view/14610 5/ Ø Bikini Girl -Rebel Girl http: //www. lyricsfreak. com/b/bikini+kill/rebel+girl _20017775. html Ø Daughters of Freedom -Edward Christie http: //www. loc. gov/item/ihas. 200197395 Ø Woman In Chains -Tears for Tears http: //www. lyricsfreak. com/t/tears+for+fears/wo man+in+chains_20135570. html Ø Face Down -Red Jumpsuit Apparatus http: //www. metrolyrics. com/facedown-lyrics-redjumpsuit-apparatus. html Ø Fighter -Christina Aguilera http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/christinaaguilera/fi ghter. html

SONGS WITH NEGATIVE MESSAGES ØBrown Sugar ØDance With the Devil -Rolling Stones -Immortal Technique http: //www. lyricsfreak. com/r/rolling+stones/bro http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/immortaltechniq wn+sugar_20117857. html ue/dancewiththedevil. html ØBlurred Lines ØSmack My Bitch Up -Robin Thicke -Prodigy http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/robinthicke/blurr http: //www. metrolyrics. com/smack-my-bitch-up edlines. html -lyrics-prodigy. html ØBack off Bitch ØBitches Aint Shit -Guns and Roses -Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dog http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/gunsnroses/bac http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/drdre/bitchesaint koffbitch. html shit. html ØDomestic Violation ØAll Women are Bad -RZA -The Cramps http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/rza/domesticviol http: //www. metrolyrics. com/all-women-are-bad ence. html -lyrics-cramps. html ØHo ØHypnotize -Ludacris -The Notorious B. I. G http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/ludacris/ho. html http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/notoriousbig/hyp notize. html

I did a survey asking 10 girls and 10 guys on campus a couple of questions. I picked out random people. I asked “How many sexual partners you do think a woman and man should have in their lifetime? ” as well as “What would you call a woman and a man who had a one night stand? ” I found some double standards such as, most the women felt that guys and girls should have the same number of sexual partners but the men answered differently. Most of the men put their numbers higher and women's number of sexual partners much lower than theirs. The biggest double standard I found was when asking “What would you call a women who has a one night stand? ” everyone gave out mean names such as “slut” or names you wouldn’t want to be called to characterize the women. But when asking about men, it was more common for people to call them “normal” and another big one was “stud”. So there you have it. For doing the same thing, a women is called a slut and a man is called a stud.

I wrote my song after doing the survey questions. After seeing the double standards from the results I got my motivation. I’ve seen these double standards with some of my friends and have been a victim of it. That is also how I got the lyrics for my song. I had some help, but the lyrics really just came from the heart.

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Unpunished It’s stupid that we did the same It’s unfair that you seem better than me We can’t even be looked at the same It’s unfair this is how it has to be But I’m a girl and you’re a guy I’m a slut and you’re a stud Just because we want the same We’re looked at differently How can you get away with this? No concerns, sitting in a bliss And I’m just less of a person And for no rhymer reason How can you do this? With no repercussions, getting the glory But I’m walking on eggshells Trying to be the virtue that’s demanded of me The fairness and equality that will never be The bitterness of society and the pain that’s inside of me, Why is it fair that you can be free? Cause I’m a girl and you’re a guy I’m a slut and you’re a stud Just because we want the same We’re looked at differently

Sources mayo, aimee. "1. ". musixmatch, 09 march 2000. Web. 25 Nov 2013. <http: //www. azlyrics. com/lyrics/martinamcbride/thisonesforthegirls. html>. . rebel girl lyrics. Concord Music Group, inc, 21 feb 2013. Web. 25 Nov 2013. <http: //www. lyricsfreak. com/b/bikini kill/rebel girl_20017775. html>. deal, kim. Metro Lyrics. Kobalt Music Publishing LTD, 04 sept 2013. Web. 25 Nov 2013. <http: //www. metrolyrics. com/smack-my-bitch-up-lyrics-prodigy. html>. These sites were helpful and useful for me because they gave me the lyrics I needed. It was easy enough to find the lyrics on the sites as well.