Is the Helen Reddy song "I Am Woman" really THAT offensive?

[Maxirad]

It has certainly been a feminist anthem.

 

[JMMJ]

Isn’t that song about 50 years old? It is not a reflection of our current times. Not sure how anyone can find it offensive.

 

[JulianN]

I wasn’t aware anyone found it offensive at all.

 

[Irishmom2]

It was not offensive when it hit the airwaves 47 years ago… Who said it was offensive?

 

[Lou2U]

Yes, I’d like a couple of examples as to who found it offensive and why. I had no idea it could be considered offensive.

 

[DeniseNY]

Why does it matter in 2020?

 

[gracepoole]

I’m a few years shy of 47 but I’ve heard plenty of people disparage this song because it’s used in women’s marches and feminist-oriented events. How have others missed this?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I’ve never found it offensive, nor have I met anyone who’s been offended by it.
I’m sure there’s someone out there who didn’t like it but I never met them.
Great song.

 

[gracepoole]

“I Am Woman” originally appeared on Helen Reddy’s 1971 album I Don’t Know How to Love Him.

Irishmom2:

It was not offensive when it hit the airwaves 47 years ago… Who said it was offensive?

The controversial Catholic apologist Michael Voris appeared to indicate that he found the song offensive.

What

a

surprise.

 

[DeniseNY]

No kidding. But most aren’t listening to a 50 year old song. So the question remains: Why does it matter in 2020?

 

[Maxirad]

So the question remains: Why does it matter in 2020?

Well, DeniseNY, check out this transcript for a certain episode of the Michael Voris show The Vortex.

 

[VanitasVanitatum]

You think that matters?

 

[Lou2U]

The controversial Catholic apologist Michael Voris appeared to indicate that he found the song offensive.

The language used in that article is really disgusting.

Feminists liking a song doesn’t automatically make it offensive. That’s an incredibly strange argument.

 

[Maxirad]

You think that matters?

Michael Voris has claimed that, “Church Militant is the most commented on site in the entire Catholic world and the second most commented site of any religious site on the planet.”

 

[DeniseNY]

Well Maxirad , I have no interest in what Michael Voris has to say. He’s perpetually offended.

Since you started the thread, why not just tell people what you find offensive about it.

 

[VanitasVanitatum]

I wouldn’t believe things so easily.

 

[Maxirad]

Since you started the thread, why not just tell people what you find offensive about it.

Well, DeniseNY, the lyrics to the song might be arrogrant in tone.

 

[DeniseNY]

Well, Maxirad what makes the lyrics arrogant? Please quote a verse you find arrogant and tell us why.

 

[Irishmom2]

Why would anyone want to check out anything he says?

No one except people that dislike women could find anything offensive in the lyrics to that song. They may dislike feminists but there is nothing offensive in that song.

 

[Irishmom2]

Yes, people comment. Maybe because they are disagreeing with him?

I stand corrected. I looked at some of the vile comments that are allowed to stand by his followers. That would explain his reason for having so many comments. All the offensive people are free to post whatever they like.

Maxirad, please. Why are you reading that stuff?