Summary Of James Brown's Song 'Man Made The Ark'

The godfather of soul James Brown, once sung a melody to the masses, and wrote these lyrics on a symphonious wall of sound ‘You see, man made the car to to take us over the road, Man made the train to carry the heavy load, Man made the electrolight to take us out of the dark, Man made the boat for the water Like Noah made The Ark, this is a man's, man's, man's world but it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl’. Now, I am not blaming this legendary musician from Augusta, Georgia for all the mysiogney and sexisim in the world, no not all, James was an artist and he reflected the world around him, as he saw, as he felt, and as he was raised in it.

The theme of this song, is a homily to a man’s struggles and what he will do for a woman and how
The struggle for equality, rests on tipping the balance of power and one very important thing, which is, to get used ‘her’ or the “other’ being in a certain place in society and holding a position of power, decision making and influence once held by the primary instigators, promoters of and beneficiaries of any particular prejudice, in fact there is a great parallel between racism and and sexism. Divisive institutionalized thought processes, with toxic denigratory stereotypes that flow through our society's body.

Women lead the field in many sectors with a very high degree of success, whether that be, politics like the achievement of the suffragette Edith Cowan, who, in 1921 became the first female Australian Parliamentarian who won a seat at the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or business such as, Katie Paige who is the CEO of Harvey Norman and the first female Director of the National Rugby League as well as being a board member of the Sydney Cricket