Cher sings "Woman's World"

Reproduced here for fair use and discussion purposes. My comments in bold.

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Cher sung this song on "The Voice" finale. At first blush it comes across as a feminist power anthem (I am woman, hear me roar), but if you take a look, you'll immediately note that her "empowerment" is actually a result of a rebound from a bad relationship with a man. Interestingly, this bad relationship is still dominating her thinking ("Shake it off, stop thinking about you").

From this broken relationship and all its negative effects she constructs another reality ("But honey this is a battle that you haven't won") and then claims that "This is a woman's world." All the lyrics of the song are directed at the eeevil man and what he has done to her. The entire context is trying to forget him.

So I wonder, is this the real root of feminism? They would say that it's about equal treatment, equal pay, and equal opportunity. But it seems to me that feminism is not really about this at all. Feminism is reactive. It is built on hurt, bitterness, and violation (real or imagined). Its subconscious undercurrent is revenge. It's not about equality, it's about getting even.

I risk over analyzing this forgettable song. But it seems to me that the attitudes embodied in it are emblematic of the thinking of a lot of feminists. Hate and revenge reveal their ugly little heads in feminist rhetoric rather frequently. So it is no wonder that their ideological opponents recoil at them. Many of them are simply unpleasant people.

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I'm dancin' solo
In the dark on the club floor
I need to let it go
Shake it off stop thinkin' 'bout you

I lose myself in the beat of the drum
Tryin' try-tryin' to forget what you done done
But honey this is a battle that you haven't won

Torn up, busted, taken apart
I've been broken down
Left with a broken heart
But I'm stronger
Strong enough to rise above

This is a woman's world
This is a woman's world
Tell the truth
This is a woman's world
Tell the truth
This is a woman's world

And I'm stronger
Strong enough to rise above
This is a woman's world
This is a woman's world
Tell the truth
This is a woman's world
Tell the truth
This is a woman's world

And I'm stronger
Strong enough to rise above
This is a woman's world
This is a woman's world

Love Hurts, your lies, they cut me
But now your words don't mean a thing
I don't give a damn if you ever love me
'Cause it don't matter I'm movin' on

Go-gonna lose myself in the beat of the drum
'Cause honey this is a battle that you haven't won

All the women in the world
Stand up come together now
This is a woman's world
Everybody in the club
Stand up come together now
This is a woman's world
All the women in the world

Stand up come together now
This is a woman's world
Everybody in the club
Stand up come together now
This is a woman's world