"A woman’s word is sacred and the no means no and that’s what a ‘holy no’ is."
At Pearl Jam’s March 17, 1994 concert in West Lafayette, Indiana at Purdue University’s Elliot Hall, Eddie Vedder said that the “holy no” in the song, Dissident refers to date rape.
It's about date rape.
"A woman’s word is sacred and the no means no and that’s what a ‘holy no’ is."
At Pearl Jam’s March 17, 1994 concert in West Lafayette, Indiana at Purdue University’s Elliot Hall, Eddie Vedder said that the “holy no” in the song, Dissident refers to date rape.
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