In response to a blog post

After reading this post I now have respect for country music. I've never really thought that there would be feminist issues in country music.

One of the most interesting songs she mentioned is "The Pill" by Loretta Lynn. The song is basically about a woman who is dealing with her husband's cheating and decides to end it and go out on her own and reclaim her sexuality. Country music, at least in my experience, is associated with the right wing republicans (especially where I lived) and it's the same people who disapprove of birth control and protest abortion.

The fact that young women can hear this song and understand that it is ok for them to seek out birth control without shame is a very good sign. Though the singer may not be blogging, she may be bringing up personal and intimate experiences to help gain more listeners.

Other country music singers sing about domestic violence and how it is not ok for a woman to put up with it. I've had friends and family members who have dealt with domestic violence and it's a hard thing to understand, though the woman knows that the man is hurting her she still stays. If perhaps a country singer can bring about the subject in her songs and help women overcome the fear of leaving an abusive partner then they have all of my respect.