Whores in this house There's some whores in this house There's some whores in this house There's some whores in this house (Hol' up) I said certified freak, seven days a week Wet-ass pussy, make that pullout game weak, woo (Ah)
A lot of keyboard warriors were pressed about these lyrics. They cried profanity and degradation of women. They said they would not let their daughters listen to this empowering piece of artistic profanity.
Yes.I said it ,empowering profanity.All I heard was two women rapping about how they enjoy sex and making money off it . If you are offended by women who are sexually empowered and you see their sexual expression as vulgar and you are a man.Stay out of women's business. Lest you say I was too aggressive and I did not educate you , stay on this page and read some more.
Understand that sexual expression in females was always shamed. Understand again that male sexual expression is always given room to express itself in its rawness and its vulgarity. Most times it is rooted in chauvinism. So when men are allowed to express their displeasure at women who outright talk about how they want to be pleasured it is a fight on women's sexual expression and those thoughts are rooted in hetero patriarchal norms .
Worse still ,when the criteria on the respectability of women is based on their sex life this speaks to the culture of policing women through moderating their behavior .This stifling of women manifests itself through minimizing women in both private and public spaces socially as well as economically.
This does not mean that there is anything wrong with wanting to be a modest woman . Women can be whatever they want to be modest ,wildly expressive and that is fine .
Words like whore have been used on sexually expressive women since the beginning of time. The purpose of this word was to degrade women. To make them feel dirty and worthless. Worse still for women who profit monetarily from sex the word was/is used to express whore-phobia. Yes ,whore phobia exists. Stop harassing sex workers Gertrude!
The stigma that is attached to the word slut and whore causes women to want to distance themselves from this word. It is associated with diseased women and public nuisances.
When we have women taking their power back through chanting slut and whore in their songs and profiting from it. Iconic queens!
We also have to understand the history of rap music with profanity. Rap music emphasizes the expression of raw emotion in its entirety. Profanity has always been a part of rap culture and associated with the purest of expression.When we have two women who are known for their unconventional morals rapping about wet ass p*ssy they enlighten us on negotiation and open sexual agreements with terms and conditions.
Of course we will not have minors chanting profanity. If you do not want your 12 year old listening to it .Ban it in your house since they are under age anyways ,they can listen to it when they are old enough to handle the content.
Let us take the argument to morals even. For those that may argue that they are a bit too much and it doesn't align with their religious values.Valid argument but be cautious with on the fence arguments that conventional morality based arguments always have. It is okay to not view WAP as your cup of tea in terms of music taste and if its too much for you. What is not okay is going out of your way to actively create hashtags like #cancelwap. Letting peoples business (specifically womens business) to stay rent free in your head is weird .Don't do that.
In addition if your argument is about how women are no longer as modest as your grandmother. Sir/ma'am please!
Lastly I have a problem with the word 'letting' ,'allowing' with regards to women's' behavior . i would not let my wife do that. My boyfriend is strict he would not 'let' me do that. The language of ownership around the autonomy of women is ever so present.
When Cardi says I don't cook I don't clean but I have got this ring . I mean. Bars all around.
Hear me out when i say activism has no rules . When in the business of empowering women , expect boldness in the execution .
Here is to loud women, the ratchet women, the ghetto women, the quiet women.
Support women. Encourage women. Love women . Repeat.
He is right .You are not like other girls .You are worse .You use male tears as an energy drink and sing feminist propaganda expeditiously and meticulously .