Sexist Appeal

Lyrics

[Intro] "I'd like to tell you about the strangest secret in the world Not long ago, Albert Schweitzer, the great doctor and Nobel Prize winner, was being interviewed in London and a reporter asked him: "Doctor, what's wrong with men today?" The great doctor was silent for a moment and then said: "Men simply don't think."." [Verse 1: Dave Trenga] Saturated with sex stereotypes, gender roles reinforce inferiority Exploiting anatomy, exploiting sexuality, preying on insecurities Force-fed proper mannerisms, treated differently from the date of birth Raised as men's servants who should never question their own sense of worth Conditioning children with anorexic plastic of "perfect" feminine traits Learning how to hide any blemishes, meeting standards men create Painting flesh is like painting a picture that subliminally suggests To equally conditioned men that women are just there for sex Striving to achieve the supermodel image the media project Spending countless hours enhancing a look instead of self-respect Eating disorders insure beauty and endanger health When living life behind a mask, you can't expect to know yourself When women are taught one way to act and men are taught another The ability to accept and tolerate is absent from each other Without understanding or communication, the result too often is Bigotry by ignorance and unintended prejudice [Verse 2: Dave Trenga & Adrienne Droogas] Any man that would treat a woman as property you keep Is nothing but an ignorant bigot that can only see skin deep Having a relationship of inequality, treating a woman as a possession Taking advantage of devotion by using emotions as a weapon Violating another's personal rights as if they never mattered Every day that begins with this conditioning ends with another woman being battered Taught how to act, taught how to think Taught how to feel, told by another gender [Verse 3: Dave Trenga & Adrienne Droogas] Sexist appeal dehumanizes women, molding an image Making the body more important than what the person is Taught to pretend, taught to please Taught to conceal, told what you must surrender [Verse 4: Dave Trenga & Adrienne Droogas] Sexist appeal demoralizes men, distorting their views Making the body the most important part to pursue Initiating a chase that relies on deception Hoping persistent efforts will overcome rejection Conditioned by images lusting for sex Haunting men's thoughts of who they'll bed next Taught how to act, taught how to think Taught how to feel, told by another gender [Verse 5: Dave Trenga & Adrienne Droogas] Sexist appeal dehumanizes women by abusing sexuality Another person's body shouldn't be viewed as a trophy Taught to pretend, taught to please Taught to conceal, told that you must surrender [Verse 6: Dave Trenga] Sexist appeal demoralizes men, encouraging rape Another person's body is never for anyone else to take Treating a fellow person without any respect Condemning behavior as if the woman asked for it Society has distorted our judgement with what they suggest Why take no for an answer when no really means yes [Verse 7: Adrienne Droogas] We've heard it all so many times before Stop treating women like some trashy cheap whore Or a virgin that must lead a sterile life A surrogate mother under the disguise of the word wife They make the rules, and yet they don't play fair Forcing sexual stereotypes that make us all aware Of every single one of our failures in the eyes of society Telling me that I'm not quite what I'm supposed to be I'm not married with two children or single with a career I'm not drowning in some mortgage or living in financial fear I don't cower as I walk home all alone through the streets I refuse to be treated like a piece of trumped-up meat I turn away from the billboards that extol the latest fad Of looking like a junkie in the Calvin Klein ad Now it's time to get beyond all of our rage and pointing fingers To see through the lies to matter how much it lingers Because this is not about man vs. woman or woman vs. man But human to human as we struggle to understand [Verse 7: Dave Trenga] As long as I can remember, I've been a victim of men's lies And in turn, I've victimized women through ignorant naive eyes When overlooking the personality of the person I'm seeing Then my attraction becomes the exploitation of another human being In my heart I know equality, but conditioning affects my brain So, without complete understanding, oppression will remain For as enlightened as I may consider myself, I still have much to learn And since actually achieving equality is still a concern I must open my mind to the opinions that women would suggest Because they're the ones who understand sexual oppression best As a man, I'm part of the problem, that's something I must accept Unless, through their education, I can evolve towards mutual respect Every one of us should realize how our struggle now relates And how, as equals, we can destroy what society dictates We can hopefully find a way to respectfully co-exist And then eliminate the biggest prejudice that exists Because this is not about man vs. woman or woman vs. man But human to human as we struggle to understand [Verse 8: Dave Trenga & Adrienne Droogas] We're living life suspiciously, believing there's no one we can trust They're dividing the population, the system is destroying us Profiting from this division and the line of thinking that's been bought If equality is ever to exist, we have to unlearn what we've been taught Bigotry by ignorance, unintended prejudice