"Ever since Eden we're built for pleasing everyone knows"
She's saying that women are seen as existing to please men, that this is why there's so much pressure on women to meet some standard of physical beauty, and she's laying the blame for this at the feet of the Bible. This book that our culture warships as the word of God says women were created to make men happy, and not the other way around.
Natalie Merchant has often shown that she knows the Bible and thinks about it, but doesn't accept it as true or even something that reflects the right values. In the song "Cherry Tree" she condemns the view that eating from the tree of knowledge is a bad thing and that ignorance = innocence.
"Ever since Eden we're built for pleasing everyone knows"
She's saying that women are seen as existing to please men, that this is why there's so much pressure on women to meet some standard of physical beauty, and she's laying the blame for this at the feet of the Bible. This book that our culture warships as the word of God says women were created to make men happy, and not the other way around.
Natalie Merchant has often shown that she knows the Bible and thinks about it, but doesn't accept it as true or even something that reflects the right values. In the song "Cherry Tree" she condemns the view that eating from the tree of knowledge is a bad thing and that ignorance = innocence.