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"I find Biz Markie's 'Just a Friend' very misogynistic."
Mon Aug-27-12 07:31 PM by Orbit_Established

  

          



For one, the "you got what I need" claim
in the refrain is possessive and conflicted.

What exactly does she have that he "needs?"

I think the sensitivity on display in the song
is manipulative and insincere.

Clearly his "needs" are purely sexual and all of
the associated emotion is related to this "need."

Secondly, at no point during the song do we learn
Mz. blah blah blah's perspective on the matter. It
seems possible, for example, that Biz Markie was actually
the platonic friend and that she was actually in a relationship
with man X.

Given Biz Markie's reaction, I'm more inclined to
think that the song is demonstrative of a delusional,
possessive man who misunderstood a woman's intentions.

Instead of a critical self-examination, we get a
soliloquy of male paranoia, where Biz childishly warns
all men to be wary of their female partners' male
friends.

I find it disgusting and offensive.



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I find Biz Markie's 'Just a Friend' very misogynistic. [View all] , Orbit_Established, Mon Aug-27-12 07:28 PM
 
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