E.T. by Katy Perry.
Lyrics below. I understand that it's pop music; I can't expect gender equality in songs, but I'm not giving up. This song disturbs me. It has the air of "Love the Way You Lie" ('I like
The way it hurts'): it touches on abusive relationships but seems to focus more on the way women justify their getting hurt rather than how to get out. This song in particular seems to condone being used, but blurs the boundaries of it being okay by morphing the lyrics with proclamations of there being an extraterrestrial race who want to screw human women.
"They say be afraid
you're not like the others...they dont understand [you]"
"Kiss me, k-k-kiss me
infect me with your love, and fill me with your poison
take me, t-t-take me
wanna be your victim, ready for abduction...for you [I] risk it all"
So you want to be kidnapped, held against your will, and corrupted, but you know he's good for you even though others say he's not? Mixed messages.
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