Gimme That Girl
Oh Joe Nichols. Or rather, oh Benjamin Hayslip, Dallas Davidson (wow there's another career out there for him, huh?!) and Rhett Akins. What a song. You like this girl when her hair's a mess, when she's sleepy and puts her head on your chest. It's all sweet(ish?) and lovey and all...until you get to this line:
Gimme a girl that's beautiful
without a trace of makeup on
A girl THAT'S beautiful? Oh no. Oh no, no, no. You see, when we refer to people, we use "WHO." Gimme a girl WHO is beautiful. What Messrs Hayslip, Davidson, and Akins have done is to make this poor woman into an object. They've stripped her of her personhood. And while I might could (see my double modal? That's how you know I'm country) imagine that they're simply ignorant of this particular grammar rule, these men write for a living. And I simply won't excuse it.
I brought this issue up with a friend of mine who happens to know Mr. Akins quite well. My friend insists that it's not misogyny, but it's still lazy and inexcusable.
Video Bonus: his t-shirt makes it look like his nipples have tiny wings! Gimme that man with the nipple wings!