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BEING A WOMAN WAS NEVER EASY
Hello, guys! I hope you're doing fine :)
Today I came here to talk a little more and add some things about the short story "GIRL". I think every girl or woman who read that text felt what the author was talking about. We feel so pressured to be the perfect woman or girl since we are kids, even in the language. Sírio Possenti talks about this in the book "POR QUE (NÃO) ENSINAR GRAMÁTICA NA ESCOLA" and he says that women usually speak more "right" (we don't say so many bad words, and we use more the default language) than men because we had this pressure from the society. Just like the text says, we have a right way to do every little thing, if we don't, we are "sluts", probably.
Anyway, we all know that we live in a very male chauvinist country, but girls in the whole world still try to give our rights, we deserve it. Songs are amazing ways to use the language and express our fight or even how we feel about it. So thinking, about this I brought some English songs to show you some things we go through because of society, feeling inferior, afraid, pressure to be pretty and other stuff.
Tell me in the comments which song was your favorite, I hope you like it <3
- Update by Anna Julia
Hey, Anna! Perfect colocation.
The society impose us so much rules and traditions that it´s kind of impossible not thinking how life would be different being a boy. Just like Taylor Swift sings in The Man: I'm so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I'd get there quicker. If I was a man.
How you doin' Anna? That part on the Sírio Possenti's book really caught off guard, I've never thought how our gender influence even the way we talk. These songs are great recomendations but I couldn't help thinking about If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé, it's been more than 10 years since the release and it is still relatable for those whose identify as a woman.
Yesss! Definitely, If I were a boy it's absolutely perfect for this theme, I just didn't bring this song here because I thought it would be a great idea, talk about songs that are not so much well-known and to show you guys different lyrics that talk about the same thing.