As other commentators have said, this was written about Courtney having her clothes torn off of her by the crowd after she stage-dove. It's happened multiple times to her I believe. What's more important though is the way she presents the song's content; like a lot of good art, she's asking a question and not thrusting an answer at you. It's another example of how strong she is as a lyricist. She may be limited as a musician, but songs like this are proof of her strength with words. The lyrics are implicit enough to make a statement, but she's begging for answer from the people who are listening to her story here. If a woman dives into an audience in a dress, more than likely that dress is coming off, and she's asking you what that says about us as people and as a society as a whole. She's not saying it's right or wrong or "it should be THIS way, not that way". She's pointing to something intangible inside of us that makes us do these things. Is it right? Is it wrong? Should she expect that? If she should, why? If she shouldn't, why not? Is it nature? Was she really asking for it? Notice that by the end of the song she still hasn't given us an answer because I don't know if she herself has one, but she's certainly making sure that we think about it. People don't give Love enough credit as an artist and this song alone shows what a firm grasp she has on cultural concepts and on language in general.
As other commentators have said, this was written about Courtney having her clothes torn off of her by the crowd after she stage-dove. It's happened multiple times to her I believe. What's more important though is the way she presents the song's content; like a lot of good art, she's asking a question and not thrusting an answer at you. It's another example of how strong she is as a lyricist. She may be limited as a musician, but songs like this are proof of her strength with words. The lyrics are implicit enough to make a statement, but she's begging for answer from the people who are listening to her story here. If a woman dives into an audience in a dress, more than likely that dress is coming off, and she's asking you what that says about us as people and as a society as a whole. She's not saying it's right or wrong or "it should be THIS way, not that way". She's pointing to something intangible inside of us that makes us do these things. Is it right? Is it wrong? Should she expect that? If she should, why? If she shouldn't, why not? Is it nature? Was she really asking for it? Notice that by the end of the song she still hasn't given us an answer because I don't know if she herself has one, but she's certainly making sure that we think about it. People don't give Love enough credit as an artist and this song alone shows what a firm grasp she has on cultural concepts and on language in general.