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  • Lyrically Speaking: Is Bob Dylan's 'Just Like a Woman' Sexist?

    06/04/2023 3:05:21 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 45 replies
    Far Out Magazine ^ | 3RD JUN 2023
    The short answer is no. It’s almost beyond the antithesis of sexist. It plays with male self-pitying norms so much that it is almost post-sexist, a satire of the patriarchal break-up songs that went before it. However, it is easy to see why some think the opposite on first glance, and that is the triumph of Bob Dylan and how he pushed music on to a new literary height. Lyrically speaking, ‘Just Like a Woman’ is, in fact, one of his finest progressive triumphs. Paul Simon once said, “With Dylan, everything he sings has two meanings. He’s telling you the...