A man wrote the lyrics for Tammy Wynette's hit, "Stand by Your Man" - Billy Sherill, country music producer in the 1960s and '70s, who recently died.
So I looked up the lyrics, and here they are:
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times, and he'll have good times
Doin' things that you don't understand
But if you love him, you'll forgive him
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him, oh be proud of him
'Cause after all he's just a man.
Stand by your man, give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely.
Stand by your man, and show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can.
Stand by your man.
Stand by your man, and show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can.
Stand by your man.
Wow ... what a dysfunctional message: Women, the guy may be a jerk, but, after all, you've had YOUR bad days, too, and he's just man - I mean, a low-down skunk with the morals of alley cat, who drinks too much and loves to use his fists, but that's all right, dear little woman, because you have your bad days, too, and he's just a man.
Only a man could have written this drivel, this nonsense, this dysfunctional, "love him no matter what." And how many women, living in hell, with "just a man" who's cruelty and selfishness know few boundaries, have sung this song in their tears, crying themselves to sleep. And how many evangelical pastors have relied on this abusive text to convince women to "forgive, submit and try all the harder," because it's their task to "stand by their man," no matter how many times he abandons his family, comes home drunk, beats everyone up, commits adultery without remorse ... because "he's just a man," and this is surely God's will for the woman. The Bible says so.
This song's a crime against women ... and, yes, it could've only been written by a man.
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