2.9 Response 1 - Hard Out Here
Title: Hard Out Here Artist: Lily Allen Text Type: Lyrics The song “Hard Out Here” by Lily Allen is about the negative attention women receive, and tells the reader how society pressures and affects women's choices and their outlook towards their lives. The song includes stereotypes and expectations women ‘need’ to uphold, and also includes double standards of men and women's attitude towards the opposite sex. When I first heard the song I thought Lily was being severely degrading towards women and I was interested in finding out why she was directing such harsh language towards her own sex. But after I learned she was deliberately stereotyping women I was ashamed to realise I wouldn’t have thought badly of the language choice had a man been singing it. This made me angry and realise there is a problem in society with how men can treat women and the stereotype of being a women itself. I know firsthand the expectation and reality of being a woman so I know how hard it i...