Because in the context of the song, she's saying she wants to stay. I've never seen the movie you're talking about so maybe it was played differently there but when the song was released it was obviously a duet between two people who wanted to "do stuff" but were unable to due to norms and societies judgement.
Why are you so insistent on portraying the woman as a victim and the man as rapist when that's clearly not what was intended?
When people consume media it's important to have context. Short-sighted inability to contextualize anything outside of our current standards doesn't help anyone at all and actually makes understanding and moving forward more difficult.
If you’re saying the standards of the time make it acceptable, I say that reflects really badly on the standards of the time. By the standards of the time, black people had fewer rights than white men. I hope to fuck we can improve upon the standards of the 1940s.
The standards were quite different that's for sure. That's why it's important to understand that it was a different era. An unmarried woman willingly staying with a man was destroying her reputation at that time even if she wanted to.
Actually there weren't any "rapey" elements at the time. They're only there when viewed through a modern lense, completely ignoring the culture and standards of the time.
drag opposes the existence of the post office.
If speaking in the 3rd person didn't show the caliber of mind you're working with "opposing the existence of the post office" definitely would.
Some jackass who refers to themselves in the 3rd person.
Lemmy was under the impression that there was some large group of unmobilized "leftists" that agreed with them and would go vote and have some influence.
Clearly that was not true.
I switched to the Libertarian party
I voted for Harris
Make up your mind or stfu and stop trying to bait people.
What margin did Trump win the country by?
How many voters didn't vote due to the genocide?
What margin did Trump win Michigan by?
Yeah I'm familiar with the reddit argument I just think it's half the story. It was written by a husband and wife but you clearly have an axe to grind so go off king.
Have a nice night.