Ok, buuuuuut, is that a standard we apply to other artists? Is that a standard we've ever felt compelled to apply to male artists? If not, why do we feel the need to grade Taylor according to that rubric?
I think this standard is generally applied to every celebrity or famous person. I only singled out Taylor Swift as she is such a household name and has written a song around this issue and millions of young girls deeply esteem her. I think men are judged quite openly as well. It just seems to me that they aren't impacted as much by the public discourse - or if they are, they don't discuss it openly. Perhaps it's due to the more emotional nature of women that they feel the criticism more severely.
I stopped using the label Swiftie in 2014 when it seemed that Taylor Swift fandom took a turn for the unhinged, and it started meaning more about the amount of time you spend online (eventually TikTok) and less about how much you liked her music. lol. But yes, I'm a fan (I have been since her second album). I hear you, but I may disagree that men are judged similarly with less impact. I think we actually expect less impact and, thus, do not judge them as harshly. Maybe it is a bit chicken -or-the-egg-y. Maybe it just has to do with the fact that little boys are not looking up to male pop stars as role models, so nobody asks them to be, while it seems that is the norm for females. Either way, it is an interesting topic, and I enjoyed your post.
I agree with this (although I don't listen to much music least of all Swift's). Society has commonly sold to us the lie that women must become like men, and in order to become like men we must make money as they do and dress as they dress. Of course the lie is deeper than that ... because the lie suggests that a man is a human being with a career who is successful at earning money.
Yes yes. And the pill is merely a part of the "being a man" where women are able to disconnect that part of their feminine humanity to better be able to be like men.
You raise a great point - society also simplifies what a man's purpose on earth is in terms not necessarily incorporating his higher calling.
Ok, buuuuuut, is that a standard we apply to other artists? Is that a standard we've ever felt compelled to apply to male artists? If not, why do we feel the need to grade Taylor according to that rubric?
I think this standard is generally applied to every celebrity or famous person. I only singled out Taylor Swift as she is such a household name and has written a song around this issue and millions of young girls deeply esteem her. I think men are judged quite openly as well. It just seems to me that they aren't impacted as much by the public discourse - or if they are, they don't discuss it openly. Perhaps it's due to the more emotional nature of women that they feel the criticism more severely.
P.S. Are you a Swiftie?
I stopped using the label Swiftie in 2014 when it seemed that Taylor Swift fandom took a turn for the unhinged, and it started meaning more about the amount of time you spend online (eventually TikTok) and less about how much you liked her music. lol. But yes, I'm a fan (I have been since her second album). I hear you, but I may disagree that men are judged similarly with less impact. I think we actually expect less impact and, thus, do not judge them as harshly. Maybe it is a bit chicken -or-the-egg-y. Maybe it just has to do with the fact that little boys are not looking up to male pop stars as role models, so nobody asks them to be, while it seems that is the norm for females. Either way, it is an interesting topic, and I enjoyed your post.
I agree with this (although I don't listen to much music least of all Swift's). Society has commonly sold to us the lie that women must become like men, and in order to become like men we must make money as they do and dress as they dress. Of course the lie is deeper than that ... because the lie suggests that a man is a human being with a career who is successful at earning money.
Yes yes. And the pill is merely a part of the "being a man" where women are able to disconnect that part of their feminine humanity to better be able to be like men.
You raise a great point - society also simplifies what a man's purpose on earth is in terms not necessarily incorporating his higher calling.