Blurred Lines

Women are told that assault is their fault.

It's no wonder this is the case when songs like "Blurred Lines" become majorly popular.

Afterall, Robin Thicke knows we "want it".

So, does that give every other man the same excuse?

Does that mean that men have the ability to read our minds and know we want to get "at it"?

Do men justify their assault by assuming we're "winnin'" because we're with them?

Since when has it ever been aceptable to call a woman the "hottest bitch in this place"?

Songs like this send the message that consent is irrelevant.

The silence of a no and the absence of a yes.

But they still know we want it. We're just good girls and won't admit to our desires.

So that's what makes it a blurred line.

A girl torn between her desires and good-girl image.

In fact, men may just be doing us the favor by taking it into their own hands.

The want to free us from ourselves, sexually liberate us.

But in doing so, they wrongly believe they are helping.

Assault victims echo the words, "I know you want it."

Which also happens to be wildly popular to sing.

Why is justifying rape okay?

When it's sung by a man in a pop song?

The answer is never.

There are no blurred lines.

Just clearly defined lines that people only need to open their eyes to see.

 

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