Since the begging of time, music has been a way to take a closer look into different or past cultures and societies. Songs and musical arraignments can give and insight into how a civilization functions in all aspects of life. Based off discovered selections of music in the 1960s, the social roles of men and women can be assumed as this: men, being of the more superior gender, are to maintain and portray dominance over women, who are to accept their inferiority and remain faithful to men.
In the 1960s, the role of women in relationships was to maintain a constant devotion to men, and they were expected to stay faithful no matter what the circumstances were. In, “I Will Follow Him,” Peggy March sings, “Where he goes I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow. He'll always be my true love, my true love, my true love. From now until forever, forever, forever.” These lyrics perfectly emulate the expectations for women in the 1960s. They were to stay with men because as long as they loved men, women would faithfully follow them forever. Another example of this is portrayed in the song “Maybe I Know.” The lyrics, “Deep
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In the song “Bobby’s Girl,” the lyrics, “I wanna be Bobby's girl. That's the most important thing to me,” show women were accepting of their inferior status to men. For women in this time, it seems that it was unthinkable that they could be anything else but devoted to men. Another example of this is in “That’s The Way Boys Are,” when Leslie Gore sings, “When he treats me rough and he acts as though he doesn't really care. Well, I never tell him that he is so unfair. Plus, he loves me and I know it.” In a woman's mind, remaining loyal to her man, despite his despicable actions, was the way she was supposed to act. Their acceptance of this led to the superior-inferior ways of relationships in the