History Main / MisogynySong

Misogyny Songs tend to rely heavily on StayInTheKitchen, NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization, BlackComedyRape, DomesticAbuse, heavy use of the DoubleStandard, and similar tropes. They may also rely on InterCourseWithYou and/or be StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks. (Although it is possible to do both without being a sexist jerk.) If it's a sexist man insulting an individual women or group of women for sexist reasons, it overlaps with TheDissTrack.

* Creator/AnnieLennox' "Thorn In My Side" is a thinly-disguised go at her former partner and musical collaborator Dave Stewart after the breakup of their band, Music/{{Eurythmics}}. It's a no-holds-barred beatdown - although they did reconcile some years later.

* Music/{{Eminem}} writes misogyny songs, but usually with a degree of AntiRoleModel irony that pushes them into parody or deconstruction. The degree of parody goes up and down over time, but he's never done a truly straight example.

** In "We Made You", Shady is a LoonyFan consumed with lust for every single female celebrity available, particularly [[AddledAddict drug-addicted trainwrecks]] and lesbians (who he cannot understand why they are not attracted to him). He's convinced they're all in love with him and expresses the love by physically assaulting them.

** In "SHADYXV" Slim announces he ''is'' a misogynist and then describes several absolutely ridiculous acts of misogyny, like how he uses a prostitute with mechanical arms that automatically dispenses lubricant, slapping Music/LindaRonstadt with a lobster, and how he's so immune to feminine charms that even when Ronda Rousey is naked, throwing condoms at him and showing him her butt, he can't tell the difference between her and the fat guy out of Slaughterhouse.
** "Vegas" describes Slim rampaging in Las Vegas and tormenting women and female musicians in ridiculous ways. He compares them to dogs (asks a girl what race she is - "pit, rott, mixed?"), gets the woman to suck him off while he's taking a shit, then tells her to make him breakfast. He kicks a pregnant woman, [[MunchausenSyndrome abuses a woman into thinking she's sick]], and attempts to BlackComedyRape Music/IggyAzalea (Iggy [[DudeNotFunny did not see the funny side]]).

** "Vegas" describes Slim rampaging in Las Vegas and tormenting women and female musicians in ridiculous ways. He compares them to dogs (asks a girl what race she is - "pit, rott, mixed?"), gets the woman to suck him off while he's taking a shit, then tells her to make him breakfast. He kicks a pregnant woman, [[MunchausenSyndrome abuses a woman into thinking she's sick, and attempts to BlackComedyRape Music/IggyAzalea (Iggy [[DudeNotFunny did not see the funny side]]).

** In "We Made You", Shady is a LooneyFan consumed with lust for every single female celebrity available, particularly [[AddledAddict drug-addicted trainwrecks]] and lesbians (who he cannot understand why they are not attracted to him).

** In "Lady", Slim warns women that if they toy with his emotions and he actually falls in love with them, he'll be a CrazyJealousGuy and [[DomesticAbuse abuse her]], branding and tattooing her with his initials, forcing her to dress in full winter clothing in the middle of summer, and not letting her out of the house or talk to anyone.

** In "SHADYXV" Slim announces he ''is'' a misogynist and then describes several absolutely ridiculous acts of misogyny, like how he uses a prostitute with mechnical arms that automatically dispenses lubricant, slapping Music/LindaRonstadt with a lobster, and how he's so immune to feminine charms that even when Ronda Rousey is naked, throwing condoms at him and showing him her butt, he can't tell the difference between her and the fat guy out of Slaughterhouse.

** In "SHADYXV" Slim announces he ''is'' a misogynist and then describes several absolutely ridiculous acts of misogyny, like how he uses a prostitute with mechnical arms that automatically dispenses lubricant, slapping Music/LindaRonstadt with a lobster, and how he's so immune to feminine charms that even when Ronda Rousey is naked,
throwing condoms at him and showing him her butt, he can't tell the difference between her and the fat guy out of Slaughterhouse.

** In "Busa Rhyme", Slim Shady hits a pregnant woman in the stomach, then says "''there's three things I hate - girls, women and bitches''". Though the fact that the song plays it off like he's Music/MissyEltiott's best friend/partner in crime/[[FemaleGaze sex object]] makes it a lot more difficult to take seriously.

** In "Busa Rhyme", Slim Shady hits a pregnant woman in the stomach, then says "''there's three things I hate - girls, women and bitches''". Though the fact that the song plays it off like he's Music/MissyEliot's best friend/partner in crime/[[FemaleGaze sex object]] makes it a lot more difficult to take seriously.

** In "Busa Rhyme", Slim Shady hits a pregnant woman in the stomach, then says "''there's three things I hate - girls, women and bitches''". Though the fact that the song plays it off like he's Music/MissyElliot's best friend/partner in crime/[[FemaleGaze sex object]] makes it a lot more difficult to take seriously.

* Music/{{Eminem}}:
** ''The Marshall Mathers LP'':
*** "Kill You" is about Slim Shady raping and murdering [[CrossesTheLineTwice his own mother]], wife, effeminate rappers, and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou you]]. Though he breaks character towards the end of the song to inform us that it's only his way of venting his unhealthy emotions and fantasies (''"know why I say these things? Because ladies' screams keep creepin' in Shady's dreams, and I don't want to pay these therapists [=80Gs=] a week to say the same things [[PainfulRhyme tweece]] - twice, whatever, I hate these things..."'').
*** In a truly legendary act of MuseAbuse, "Kim" is a MurderBallad in which Marshall drives his wife out into the forest, and slits her throat.
** ''The Eminem Show'':
*** "Drips" is about Eminem being stuck in an STD clinic due to having sex with 'bitches'.
*** "Superman" is about Slim Shady having superficially loving sex with someone -- only for his subconscious to cut in things like "bitch, you make me hurl". WordOfGod claims it was inspired by [[DidTheyOrDidntThey his relationship with]] Music/MariahCarey.

* Music/SteelPanther has the tongue-in-cheek song "That's What Girls are For" which is about a man who's late father told him women are only good for [[StayInTheKitchen doing housework and having sex with you]]. The DeliberateValuesDissonance is lampshaded with the singer saying he's "stuck in 1955."

* "Superman" by Music/{{Eminem}} is about Eminem apparently having loving sex with someone -- only for his subconscious to cut in things like "bitch, you make me hurl". WordOfGod claims it was directed at Music/MariahCarey.

*** The Fiery Furnaces pulled TheCoverChangesTheMeaning in their adaptation of the song, "Single Again": Eleanor Friedberger sings the same lyrics [[TheCoverChangesTheGender but with all the female pronouns changed to male]] to more dissonant music, and the result is an unsettling song about a woman being traumatized by multiple abusive relationships.

* Music/LupeFiasco's Food & Liquor II has a deconstruction of this kind of song in "Bitch Bad".

* Gaston's song ''Me'' from the stage version of ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast.''

* The Rammstein song "Pussy" parodies these songs, and German sex tourists (the last line of the chorus is "I can't get laid in Germany!") Just sexist bros in general, actually. You can tell when they're doing a parody because they sprinkle the song with English lyrics (and you know they're livid if they call their beloved country "Germany" instead of "Deutschland"). It's full of {{Unusual Euphemism}}s for the private parts of both sexes, most of which are the names of stereotypically German foods. Also many cross-linguistic jokes making full use of the cognates between German and English.

* Creator/AnnieLennox' ''Thorn In My Side'' is a thinly-disguised go at her former partner and musical collaborator Dave Stewart after the breakup of their band, Music/{{Eurythmics}}. it's a no-holds-barred beatdown - although they did recocile some years later.

* Music/GunsNRoses "I used to Love Her" is a lovely song about how how a man "had" to kill his girlfriend and bury her in his backyard because, well, she "bitched" so much. Slash did say it was actually about Axl's dog, and Izzy Stradlin claimed the song was written as a joke to mock a song he was annoyed by on the radio about "some guy whining about a broad who was treating him bad".

* [[Music/SteelPanther Steel Panther]] has the tongue-in-cheek song "That's What Girls are For" which is about a man who's late father told him women are only good for [[StayInTheKitchen doing housework and having sex with you]]. The DeliberateValuesDissonance is lampshaded with the singer saying he's "stuck in 1955."

* Henry Higgins in ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' gets ''two'': "I'm an Ordinary Man" (in which he declares that he'll never fall in love with a woman because they're manipulative and obnoxious wastes of time who bring out the worst in him) and "A Hymn to Him" (in which he laments that his relationship with Eliza isn't as simple as his friendship with Pickering).

** "Hot Tub" in particular subverts it in a humorous way by giving the narrator an IgnoredEpiphany - the bridge has the singer realizing his all his womanizing just leaves him feeling empty and unfulfilled... but the last lines of this section are "I admit this is a problem /to be solved another day", and then he goes right back to trying to convince the subject of the song to sleep with him.

** "Hot Tub" in particular subverts it by having the narrator have an IgnoredEpiphany - the bridge has the narrator realizing his womanizing leaves him feeling empty and unfulfilled... but the last lines of this section are "I admit this is a problem /to be solved another day", and then he goes right back to trying to convince the subject of the song to sleep with him.

Misogyny Songs tend to rely heavily on StayInTheKitchen, NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization, BlackComedyRape, DomesticAbuse, heavy use of the DoubleStandard, and similar tropes. They may also rely on InterCourseWithYou and/or be StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks. (Although it is possible to do both without being a sexist jerk.)

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* Robin Thicke described the theme of his song "Blurred Lines" (featuring Pharrell Williams and Music/{{TI}}) as "what a pleasure to degrade a woman". However, he was quite upset by the backlash the song generated, insisting that it was all good, clean fun because he, Pharrell, and T.I. are all happily-married {{Nice Guy}}s in RealLife. At one point, he even tried to spin the song as somehow feminist.

* A musical interlude on ''Radio/RadioActive'' featured comedienne Helan Atkinson-Wood performing a vicious parody of Annie Lennox' scathing "this-man-held-me-back-and-what's-more-he-was-a-total-bastard-with-no-talent" song ''Thorn In My Side''. Only the parody version took the song's anti-men theme UpToEleven, went to the same tune, and was called ''Pain In My Arse''.

* The Rammstein song "Pussy" parodies these songs, and German sex tourists (the last line of the chorus is "I can't get laid in Germany!") Just sexist bros in general, actually. You can tell when they're doing a parody because they sprinkle the song with English lyrics (and you know they're livid if they call their beloved country "Germany" instead of "Deutschland"). It's full of {{Unusual Euphemism}}s for the private parts of both sexes, most of which are the names of stereotypically German foods. Also many cross-linguistic jokes making full use of the cognates between German and English.[[/folder]]

* A musical interlude on ''Radio/RadioActive'' featured comedienne Helan Atkinson-Wood performing a vicous parody of Annie Lennox' scathing "this-man-held-me-back-and-what's-more-he-was-a-total-bastard-with-no-talent" song ''Thorn In My Side''. Only the parody version took the song's anti-men theme UpToEleven, went to the same tune, and was called ''Pain In My Arse''.