From
Miss Americana herself, Taylor Swift came out swinging with a lyric video titled "The Man" with the many challenges that women face on a daily basis.
Bottom line from watching the video, no matter how we as fans enjoy talking about the women we see on camera:
1) They need to be given a chance to succeed at whatever profession to strive in their chosen field. If they have shown that they are more than capable to fit right in, I say more power to them. Besides, the general dynamic changes faster than we can snap our fingers as the true perception is showed through a different set of lens. We all saw it in school (albeit in a mostly corny and peculiar way) and sometimes being inside a crowded elevator. But you get my point.
The thing I get the most is when they are told to give a great first impression in any job fair or interview is to emulate their local TV news anchor(s)--in what many fashion publications and websites constantly refer to as "the conservative look."
2) They need men to show empathy (another very complex subject) and learn how to respect them--especially more so in this social media era. Unlike those movie and TV scenes where we see a darkened bar or glaring strobe lights inside a nightclub--it feels that every time a man goes to approach a woman and either recites some "cheesy" pick-up lines or just simply "freezes". By that point, we either have to "man up", or face the fear that it feels like we are walking on eggshells. One bad crack and a long, carefully worded apology could be next. And I know from personal experience, they don't like to wait.
3) Yes, women are "wired' differently than guys. Guys know how to have fun and when to get serious. As what Lady Gaga depicted in the remake of
A Star is Born--men can have a beard and wear casual clothes, just as long as you have a good singing voice.
Women on the other hand not only need to have a great singing voice, but they have to look gorgeous and beautiful to be accepted. It's a double-edged sword that most women have to fight each and every day, sometimes every hour in private--even if they don't use their smartphones.
Bottom line, as I said in another thread when the reviews to the movie
Bombshell came out, the stories of women suffering against their male bosses and sometimes their co-workers is just sad, really sad.
Those are my thoughts. I am curious to read what you have to say after seeing her lyric video:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-the-man-lyric-video-949495/