The meaning of the song is fairly straightforward: Cherry criticizes misogynistic men, who are all "pigs." Every man has tried to convince her that he's not one of "them." She makes a reference to historical feminist Simone de Beauvoir.
I think what most people miss is the first few lines of the song:
"You are one of them
Everything but femme
I won't be fooled again
You've got the same kind of specs as the sex of men"
Femme is slang in the lesbian scene for girls who slant more towards the feminine end of the femininity-masculinity spectrum, and Cherry's comment "you've got the same kind of specs as the sex of men" implying that she isn't speaking to a man, but a female with the "specs" of men.
In other words, the song is addressed to a versatile/butch lesbian. This might seem like I'm grasping at straws, but it makes sense since it's not the first time Studio Killers has incorporated lesbian/bisexual themes in their music. (See: "Jenny" by Studio Killers)
The meaning of the song is fairly straightforward: Cherry criticizes misogynistic men, who are all "pigs." Every man has tried to convince her that he's not one of "them." She makes a reference to historical feminist Simone de Beauvoir.
I think what most people miss is the first few lines of the song: "You are one of them Everything but femme I won't be fooled again You've got the same kind of specs as the sex of men"
Femme is slang in the lesbian scene for girls who slant more towards the feminine end of the femininity-masculinity spectrum, and Cherry's comment "you've got the same kind of specs as the sex of men" implying that she isn't speaking to a man, but a female with the "specs" of men.
In other words, the song is addressed to a versatile/butch lesbian. This might seem like I'm grasping at straws, but it makes sense since it's not the first time Studio Killers has incorporated lesbian/bisexual themes in their music. (See: "Jenny" by Studio Killers)