Lyrics: WHY DON'T YOU GET A JOB - THE OFFSPRING
Talking Points
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1. What exactly is wrong with the girlfriend ?
Ad 1. a) She stays at home and does nothing at all ("she sits on her ass", "doing nothing at all").
b) She wastes all his money, she has an expensive taste.
c) She does not get a job.
2.1. Discuss the statement "The lyrics are meant to be a more or less disguised defamation of those in a partnership who do not earn the money."
2.2. Under which circumstances can it be perfectly acceptable, if one of the partners does not work ?
Ad 2.2. a) If one of the two earns enough money for both of them.
b) If the other partner does work, but that sort of work you do not get paid for, e.g. taking care of the household and children
c) if the other partner does not get a job in a society with mass unemployment
d) if the other partner does not waste the money
3. Do you think that both partners should have a job ? Even if one earns enough for both of them ?
Ad 3. A few decades ago, it was the rule that the woman stayed at home and did not have a job.
4. Point out the colloquial or slangy expressions ! Translate them into standard English !
Ad 4. bitch - woman
gotta - have to
ya - you
chick - girl
ass - behind
dick - guy