The women in this video are half dressed, thrusting their bodies at men, and one of them runs around multiple times throughout the video with just her arm covering her breasts. When did this become acceptable to women. Why do they allow themselves to be portrayed as sex objects only. I believe that a woman should be allowed to express herself but why should she do it while she is being called a "BITCH" and being told what kind of sex acts a man wants to perform on her. This is not the type of world we should allow our little girls to grow up in and if our boys see this mess they think that it is okay to talk and treat women this way.
The main issue I have with this song is that it takes away from how a man should treat his wife and how men should treat women in general. Women are to be cherished by their husbands just as husbands are to be cherished by their wives. With this kind of musical lyric going into the head of a young man or young woman they are not receiving the proper message in any way, shape or form. Ephesians 5:25-26 states: "For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up His life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God's word." Ephesians 5:28-30 states: "In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. And we are members of his body."
With this language the Apostle Paul is teaching us that we should cherish women and treat them with love and affection not sexual objects that are created for a mans pleasure. Men and boys today seem to have a very blurry view of what is right and wrong when it comes to the treatment of women. In the lyrics to this song with a title called "Blurred Lines" it is clear that the lyrics point to the idea that their are no defined rights and wrongs. It appears that the writer here wants the listener to question what is right and wrong. He wants the listener to question the established rules of pre-marital sex and lust. I again will never say that I am or have been perfect in my existence on this earth but, the questioning of such principles and ideas are a massive problem in the post modern society that we are living in. Here is a good basic definition of what postmodernism is if you wanna check it out hit this link http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/postm-body.html.
The lines as far as what is right and what is wrong regarding the treatment of women, sex, lust and marriage are not blurred but the major music and entertainment industries would like you to believe that they are. One of the main drivers of the male brain these days is sex, sex, and more sex. The industries know this and push this on people more and more it seems. 1 Corinthians 6:18 states: "Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body." Here is where I am going to unpack this verse and what it means to the youth and adults of todays society. I was teaching a class not to long ago and during that class I asked the students what they had done over the weekend. One of them stated "I got laid." and I asked a genuine and hard hitting question right after that. "How did you feel when you woke up about it?". He stated to me these words. "I felt empty, alone, and dirty." This is the problem with this kind of music is that it creates a culture where it is okay to do these things but in the end what we find is that sexual sin is a lot like doing illegal drugs. We receive a temporary high and then after receiving that high we wake up feeling dirty, and empty inside. We as human beings have a need for affection but that cannot be fulfilled by having various sexual encounters with various women and or men. We have to be willing as Christians and human beings in general to discipline ourselves from sexual immorality. This includes the music that we put into our brains and the brains of our children.
In the video men are seen drinking alcohol and getting "BLASTED" with a group of women. Okay, so everybody knows that alcohol lowers the humans ability to make good decisions and getting blasted further enables a persons ability to make good decisions. Before you go and say there goes that crazy SOUTHERN BAPTIST and this PROHIBITION statement let me be clear. The Bible does not say that as a Christian you cannot ingest any alcohol. It does however, advise against copious amounts of alcohol and getting "BLASTED". 1 Timothy 5:23 states: "Don't drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often." Now in the context of the language of this verse the Apostle Paul is speaking to Timothy and advising him to use the wine for medicinal purposes but not for getting "BLASTED". Proverbs 31:6-7 states: "Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for those is bitter distress. Let them drink to forget their poverty and remember their troubles no more." Now what is apparent here is that while we have a reasonable expectation to know that poverty stricken people will drink large amounts of alcohol to numb the pain of their issues we as people at large should not glorify getting "BLASTED". Especially when it comes to the premise of women being involved with men in a sexual manner.
One last part of the language of this song is when the lyrics refer to "domesticating" a woman. Okay so here goes. In the twelve years I have been with my wife I have never tried to domesticate her. The inference of the language here is that women should never stay at home with their husbands. Rather, they are more like wild animals and should roam the streets looking for sex like wild animals. My wife and I do not restrict what each other does with our friends. Rather, we have found our refuge in each other in our marriage. I have never told my wife she could not go anywhere or not do anything because "I run my house." rather, we leave it up to each other as to whether or not we should put ourselves in certain places with certain people. When we as people have examined if we should be in certain places at certain times we have often decided not to go because I value my wife above all things besides my faith. I believe it is good for men and women in a marriage and or committed relationship to spend time apart but we do not believe by asking a partner to stay in or not go out clubbing that we are trying to domesticate each other. Is there really a problem with being domesticated? What is wrong with acting like an adult? Why do we as post-modernists feel we need a second adolescence and party until we are 35? As adults we are serious questions we need to be asking ourselves and thinking about as we grow older and as we raise our children.
This post will offend some people and some people may even think me to be narrow minded in my beliefs. However, I will state that my belief system is rooted in deep biblical roots and I will not falter in this belief system. I will also caveat that I am not perfect and I do not pretend to be. I am a sinful being just like every other human being. Only through the grace of Jesus Christ am I saved.
Link to SONG LYRICS: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/robinthicke/blurredlines.html
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