Notice also, how song lyrics echo the media message of what love's all about. Listen carefully to how many singers sing of the pain and the anguish, about how love hurts "so bad", and all the unfortunate sentiments about women not being able to live without men. A lot more frequent than the other way round! Haha! Check out a song like "Never Never Never", by Shirley Bassey! How many of us haven't sung that song over and over in our lives, with tears streaming down our faces! "Impossible to live with you, but I know I could never live without you..." Eish!
Look out for the songs that portray healthier relationship dynamics, like "I Will Survive", "It's My Turn", "I Am Woman" and that one by Whitney Houston where she sings about entering a phase of her life where she's going to focus on herself. There are not that many around. Keep listening!
Maybe the real challenge is for thinking, empowered songwriters to come up with some alternatives.
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