White Boy Lyrics

Lyric discussion by adamndirtyshame 

Cover art for White Boy lyrics by Bikini Kill

i dont think bikini kill (or any women for that matter) have the power to be sexist. if we lived in a society where women systematically raped and abused men, then they would be sexist, but until that happens, theyre just speaking the truth about male violence. and also, that is not an issue of a few men, but of a whole rape culture ("your whole fucking culture alienates me"). there are plenty of men out there who might not rape themselves, but will be perfectly complicit with their male friends who do rape, or complicit with the rapes that are committed by the US army (you may have read recently about the hundreds of women raped by soldiers in the phillipines, or the all the other allegations that have come out in the past few years about rape in iraq and afghanistan). of course, there are men who do resist against this violent culture. i'm a white boy myself. those of us who really are committed to stopping rape though really need to start proving it, and intervene when men we know are responsible for violence against women, whether these men are our friends, family, or the US army.

Thank you! It's so refreshing to find someone who understands the significance of the power differential involved in sexism and racism.

The world needs more men who are willing to admit what's going on and start calling it out.