The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37513   Message #3563057
Posted By: GUEST
01-Oct-13 - 12:31 AM
Thread Name: Sexist lyric? Change it or ....?
Subject: RE: Sexist lyric? Change it or ....?
To my mind, the dumbest re-shuffling of words to suit political correctneess occurred when the line "Love between all of my brothers" in "If I had a hammer" became "love between my brothers and my sisters"--an explicit promotion of incest. Language, really does have meaning. (should have been "Love among all of my brothers" in the first place."