People who think Amanda Palmer is being a man-hater aren't listening to the way she describes women. In the first verse, the girl threatens to kill the guy (who it seems like she's involved with and interested in) just because he wants to have sex with her! That's not being assertive, that's being bitchy, and it's not a postive characterization any more than the horny bastard guy.
I think she's making fun of the way people view the other gender, and maybe also sort of insulting those cases where it's true. Nobody would be interested in a man who viewed GHB as an option and spent all his time choking the chicken, and likewise no one would want a relationship with a woman who didn't do anything but cry and watch soap operas. Both cases are ridiculous.
In the bridge, where she sings:
"must not be too kind
stop thinking love is blind
clench your fists yeah write
“she's just not my type...”
I'd say she's telling guys in general that they don't have to put up with the death-threatening girls simply because it's the stereotype, and that women exist who want both sex and romance, or who at least have a sense of humor. Since the song's pretty even to both sides everywhere else, it's probably implied that the same is true for women: they can find men who care about them instead of men who only want to get into their pants.
The fact that everything is coming from California makes the stereotypes seem fake, too. I mean, it's the land of Hollywood and plastic surgery...
People who think Amanda Palmer is being a man-hater aren't listening to the way she describes women. In the first verse, the girl threatens to kill the guy (who it seems like she's involved with and interested in) just because he wants to have sex with her! That's not being assertive, that's being bitchy, and it's not a postive characterization any more than the horny bastard guy.
I think she's making fun of the way people view the other gender, and maybe also sort of insulting those cases where it's true. Nobody would be interested in a man who viewed GHB as an option and spent all his time choking the chicken, and likewise no one would want a relationship with a woman who didn't do anything but cry and watch soap operas. Both cases are ridiculous.
In the bridge, where she sings: "must not be too kind stop thinking love is blind clench your fists yeah write “she's just not my type...” I'd say she's telling guys in general that they don't have to put up with the death-threatening girls simply because it's the stereotype, and that women exist who want both sex and romance, or who at least have a sense of humor. Since the song's pretty even to both sides everywhere else, it's probably implied that the same is true for women: they can find men who care about them instead of men who only want to get into their pants.
The fact that everything is coming from California makes the stereotypes seem fake, too. I mean, it's the land of Hollywood and plastic surgery...