What many people fail to read in these lyrics is the lyrics at the beginning of the song which are:
"Under my thumb
The girl who once had me down
Under my thumb
The girl who once pushed me around."
I am a male who is an advocate for abused women either physically, mentally, or both. There is never a time when any type of abuse is acceptable. Mick Jagger said in a 1998 interview that this song was written as a joke in response to a female that he dated at one time that as the beginning of the song states "Once had him down, once pushed him around" so he wrote the song as if the shoe was on the other foot but it was a joke and it never happened.
People that take this song to serious don't realize the fact's for one and two, are looking for something to bash anyone about regarding anti-feminism lyrics, etc. You could do that with just about any song by any band, by a male singer or a female singer. It's all in what you want to take from a song and how far you want to take it. Are they role models? No, and I don't think the Stones ever pretended to be.
What I find ironic is when a male writes a song like this it is viewed as a song that condones abuse, etc. When a woman writes a song like this most times she is held in high regards for finally breaking free from the cycle of abuse and so on. As I mentioned I am a male and I was in an abusive relationship for nearly 7 years both physical and mental but I was the one who was abused. So that goes both ways but of course woman are the ones abused more often than men, but when a man admits he's been abused he takes a lot of flack from friends, etc. and little support is available for him.
My point is if you don't like a song you don't have to listen to it. Make sure you know what it's about and why it was written. And enjoy music, it's a great escape.
The song "Under My Thumb" by The Rolling Stones first of all was written as a joke or tounge and cheek and that's coming from Mick Jagger himself.
@xCretin Love to see how you get triggered so hard it's jokes (troll) on women, karen. (Similar song like "stupid girl"). This song is in my opinion is an anti faminist song.
@xCretin Love to see how you get triggered so hard it's jokes (troll) on women, karen. (Similar song like "stupid girl"). This song is in my opinion is an anti faminist song.
What many people fail to read in these lyrics is the lyrics at the beginning of the song which are: "Under my thumb The girl who once had me down Under my thumb The girl who once pushed me around."
I am a male who is an advocate for abused women either physically, mentally, or both. There is never a time when any type of abuse is acceptable. Mick Jagger said in a 1998 interview that this song was written as a joke in response to a female that he dated at one time that as the beginning of the song states "Once had him down, once pushed him around" so he wrote the song as if the shoe was on the other foot but it was a joke and it never happened. People that take this song to serious don't realize the fact's for one and two, are looking for something to bash anyone about regarding anti-feminism lyrics, etc. You could do that with just about any song by any band, by a male singer or a female singer. It's all in what you want to take from a song and how far you want to take it. Are they role models? No, and I don't think the Stones ever pretended to be. What I find ironic is when a male writes a song like this it is viewed as a song that condones abuse, etc. When a woman writes a song like this most times she is held in high regards for finally breaking free from the cycle of abuse and so on. As I mentioned I am a male and I was in an abusive relationship for nearly 7 years both physical and mental but I was the one who was abused. So that goes both ways but of course woman are the ones abused more often than men, but when a man admits he's been abused he takes a lot of flack from friends, etc. and little support is available for him. My point is if you don't like a song you don't have to listen to it. Make sure you know what it's about and why it was written. And enjoy music, it's a great escape.
The song "Under My Thumb" by The Rolling Stones first of all was written as a joke or tounge and cheek and that's coming from Mick Jagger himself.
Thank you, you just wrote the only comment worth reading about this song! :)
Thank you, you just wrote the only comment worth reading about this song! :)
The rest of the people who are on about "YEaHH Fuck Feminism" clearly don't know why this song was written. Stop having your heads up your asses.
The rest of the people who are on about "YEaHH Fuck Feminism" clearly don't know why this song was written. Stop having your heads up your asses.
@1sty2000 . and of course Mr Wonderful treated Jerry etc so well.
@1sty2000 . and of course Mr Wonderful treated Jerry etc so well.
@xCretin Love to see how you get triggered so hard it's jokes (troll) on women, karen. (Similar song like "stupid girl"). This song is in my opinion is an anti faminist song.
@xCretin Love to see how you get triggered so hard it's jokes (troll) on women, karen. (Similar song like "stupid girl"). This song is in my opinion is an anti faminist song.