The battle for emancipation's been raging since history began
Yes, feminists of every nation want to chuck off the chains made by man
Hula girls and housemaids and wives in Maribou
hear all our voices thunder in protest
Anything that men do women can do too
and more that that we women do it best
Raus mit den Männern!
(für Claire Waldoff)
Es geht durch die ganze Historie
ein Ruf nach Emanzipation
vom Menschen bis zur Infusorie
überall will das Weib auf den Thron.
Vin Hawai-Neger bis zur Berliner Range
braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall daher:
Was die Männer können, können wir schon lange
und vielleicht ’ne ganze Ecke mehr.
The lyrics of the song tells us that women raising their voice to be free and focused to get equal rights in men dominating society as they claim that they can do anything that men can do and can do better than men. This lyric was written in 1926 and it shows us that women were suppressed by men and women were struggling to get their freedom. It also tells us that there women had struggle for emancipation from the beginning and is encouraging every woman who have minor jobs or housewives in the town of “Maribou” to raise their voice in achieving their freedom.
I chose this lyrics because it talks about women’s struggle to achieve their freedom in male dominating society. Women are struggling today too for their rights in many developing countries and are suppressed by men. In many developing countries, women are not allowed to get education, have no voting rights, abused physically and mentally by men, and women who work have only minor jobs, for example- housekeeping, housemaids, cleaner, care taker and so on. Also, in a country like USA, there is discrimination among men and women in daily life even though we have equal rights and freedom laws. Women are considered weak and inferiors. In many top positions there are few women compared to men and none in the leading position of the country, for example-president, commander in chief.
kajal,
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutly right because female gender discrimination and inequality is still a social problem that needs to solved most part of the world, there is still the prejudice that women’s job is strictly domestic duties either to become housewives or housemaid.