And it's weird that I can hear that clearly when it's a man singing about a woman, but it's not as obvious when a woman is singing about a man.
Yeah, that's a symptom of asymmetrical power dynamics. The "same" language used by a man to a woman, vs. a woman to a man, really doesn't sound the same, because what's being signified is really not the same thing.
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And it's weird that I can hear that clearly when it's a man singing about a woman, but it's not as obvious when a woman is singing about a man.
Yeah, that's a symptom of asymmetrical power dynamics. The "same" language used by a man to a woman, vs. a woman to a man, really doesn't sound the same, because what's being signified is really not the same thing.