Robin's Song Analysis

Gender biases and discrimination is a topic which has been discussed since the suffrage movement time of the early 19th century in America and other parts of the world. Most people, feminist mostly, have argued that gender difference was created due to the perceptions of people in the society on male and female, and the type of upbringing of children by their parents. Based on this difference, many have argued that the female gender has shoulder a burden of discrimination in the society and is continuously facing sexual abuse and harassments which have spread in the community. This has led to banning and censorship of some of the songs, laws and even videos which seems to be spreading gender bias in the society. One of the victims of this kind

However, one of his most controversial songs which were bun was the Blurred Lines. In this song, Robin was accused of narrating a rape scene. This song has been criticized, as many people claim that it is spreading the issue of sexual harassment and this is an offense. In this case, this song is chosen in this article by the author since it is one of the perfect examples of songs whose public perceptions and reactions shows how the perception of gender difference was created in our society. Based on the lines of this songs, the author will use three class terms that are gender, social construct, and social difference, to show how people misinterpreted the issue of gender and this has led to a wrong notion in the community which has even wounded the society on the issue of gender thus leaving most society in gender conflict and discrimination. The author thus holds a notion that this song was not bad and it was not in any way intimidating any gender, but the perception of the population which led to its bun is the same perception which has created gender discrimination and difference in the society

In the society today, there are a lot of misconceptions concerning gender and sex. For instance, there are many things which are alleged about female gender for instance, that they are weak emotionally. However, this has not been proven and actually, may not be the truth. However, these are ideas which to some people, are obvious and need no explanation to show that women are weaker than men in the society. These are some of the notions in the society which has led to the massive spread of feminism and female intimidation, discrimination, and under-representation. The same is seen in the song Blurred Lines by Robin. In this song, there are many lines which made it censored because of social construct yet, if given critical analyses, the song was not as bad as many people made it appear. Social construct is seen in this line of the song; “The way you grab me/ must wanna get nasty.” This line can be, and was interpreted to mean that the woman is grabbing the man and thus trying to make the man involve in sex. In this case, it is apparent that the woman grab the man and the man thinks that since the women have grabbed her, she probably wants to have sex. This is not strange; there are many instances where ladies think that if a man bought a drink for her, the man probably wants to ask for sexual favor in return. This has been one of