“She’s Always a Woman” and the Inescapable Nature of Gender

Gigi Ries
4 min readJul 10, 2018

What does it mean to be a woman? And what does it mean to be woman to a man?

Usually, when your boyfriend says a classic love song reminds him of you, it’s a cause for immediate celebration. Not for me. Billy Joel’s “She’s Always a Woman” was the song that my boyfriend said evoked my image for him and instead of celebration, the nature of the lyrics gave me cause…

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