Within the lyrics of the song Drunk and I Don’t Wanna go Home by Elle King and Miranda Lambert, there are stereotypes and counterstereotypes that can be found within the song. These stereotypes and counterstereotypes are societal norms that people expect of men and women. These norms are placed on us early at birth about how we should act with others. As well as the norms of being feminine or gentlemanly.
Masculine Stereotypes/ Counterstereotypes:
So don’t you wait up tonight / Don’t worry, I’ll be fine
- This is a counterstereotype because typically men will wait up for the girl and make sure they are okay. Similar to them walking them home at night. And by saying don’t wait up it is counterstereotypical to what men are expected to do in society.
Tryna be my sugar daddy, gettin’ handsy in the stalls
- This is a stereotype because typically men are sugar daddy’s and they are willing to give out money to females.
Feminine Stereotypes/ Counterstereotypes:
I got some money in my pocket, got some trouble on my tail
- This is a counterstereotype because women are not supposed to have money in the sense they are not the money maker of the family, men are.
So bartender, take my keys / What do you want from me?
- This lyric is stereotypical because women and men as bartenders flirt with each other as well as take those who are under the influence’s keys so they cannot drive. In this context, it is easier for women to get intoxicated faster due to their body weight.
We’re in the bathroom gettin’ chatty, there’s a line out in the hall
- This is typical because normally women talk a lot and the lines for the bathrooms are always long.
Shared by: Meg Lamers
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