Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Kairos in "You Don't Own Me"
Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" was released in 1963. This was during the height of second-wave feminism. First wave feminism was in the late 19th and early 20th century, and focused on gaining legal rights for women, largely focusing on women's suffrage. While the second wave of feminism also focused on legal rights, such as equality in the workplace, it was focused more on societal issues. The movement tried to change people's views on women, illustrating that women were capable of doing anything that men could and that they were not objects. They also fought to express their sexuality more freely and to gain more reproductive rights. The movement was symbolized by events such as the protests of the Miss America pageants in 1968 and 1969. "You Don't Own Me" epitomized this movement by illustrating feminists' desire to be equal in life and specifically in romantic partnerships.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The feminist timeline during this revolution is vital to the effectiveness of "You Don't Own Me". This song displayed a message and an idea that was quickly growing in popularity. The song increased the spread of that idea, and it gained a lot of popularity intertwine period because of that.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how the song was never actually meant to be a comment on the women's movement; rather, it was supposed to be based around a woman telling a man off, a woman making a statement. Given this, I find it somewhat amusing that she was actually lesbian, not straight. Later, Gore would become affiliated with the feminist movement, and say that, though it was never intended, her song (which was written by two men) perfectly fit the ideas of the movement.
ReplyDeleteThe second wave of feminism picked up more steam during the later 60's, which is represented by Lesley Gore song "You Don't Own Me". It publicized feminism, which was put best in Jake's comment. Interestingly a similar phenomenon happened with Sam Cooke's song "A Change is Going to Come". It popularized the civil rights movement, exposing more people to the movement.
ReplyDelete