I'm really annoyed with this popular song, that in my humble opinion is totally sexist and no one seems to mind. It's a Dutch song, so I'll translate it here, and I won't be translating it fairly. Because I think it's so sexist, I'll try to highlight the sexism in. See if anyone still likes the song after that.
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Quarter past seven on Sunday morning
I hear a voice that softly asks me
Are you awake, dad?
Are you coming with me downstairs?
Do you have to work or are you free today?
Are you going to take me out?
Time goes so fast
Seems like only yesterday that I held her in my arms for the first time
She is so pretty
And she gets more beautiful every day
I see how she changes every time I blink my eyes
But no matter how grown-up she becomes
She'll always be my little girl
Quarter past seven on Sunday morning
I hear the front door open quietly
Relieved I go to sleep, she is home
I would have liked to go pick her up
But she asked me not to come
She can find her way home herself
Time goes so fast
Seems like only yesterday that I held her in my arms for the first time
She is so pretty
And she gets more beautiful every day
I see how she changes every time I blink my eyes
But no matter how grown-up she becomes
She'll always be my little girl
Sometimes when I close my eyes
We're walking on the beach together
Her little hand in mine
Time seems to stop
Everything is as it should be
She needs me to take care of her
I hold on to her
The way she used to be
I hold onto her
Quarter past seven on Sunday morning
She hears my voice when I softly wake her up
Today is your big day
She is so pretty
And she gets more beautiful every day
I blink my eyes and see that her heart now belongs to another man
But wherever she may be
In my mind she is with me
She'll always be my little girl
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Because girls have to be beautiful and they need their daddy to take care of them until the day they get married and then, thank god, there will be another man to take care of her. And notice the competition between the father and the husband here. First, her heart belonger to her dad, but now there is another man in her life.
And the only thing that matters about her is how pretty she is and who she will marry. Oh and no matter what she achieves, her father will never respect her as a person, she'll always be his little girl.
Everytime I hear this song, I need a bucket.