Upon the success of "Sex Type Thing", controversies regarding the song's lyrics emerged while STP was on tour opening for Megadeth. Weiland found himself in the position of defending "Sex Type Thing" to individuals who took the first-person approach he used in the song ("I am a man, a man/I'll give ya something that ya won't forget/I said ya shouldn't have worn that dress") literally. In a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone, Weiland expressed his frustration with the song's reception by saying "It was, 'All right, the "Cop Killer" controversy's dead, let's try to find something else'...I never thought that people would ever seriously think that I was an advocate of date rape."[5]
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From there, he and his bandmates launched into "Sex Type Thing," which was a controversial song of theirs for its confrontational approach to calling out sexual assault. It may not be quite as shocking in today's climate, but back in 1993, seeing Weiland standing up there in traditionally feminine clothing, flipping the bird to anyone who disagrees with his progressive social politics and then playing a song about horrendous male abusers must have been pretty fucking powerful.
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Personnel notes:Robert DeLeo: BassDean DeLeo: GuitarsScott Weiland: VocalsEric Kretz: Drums Live Performances: This song was first performed during the Core-tour in 1992/1993. Comments & Quotes: Scott: "Sex Type Thing is pretty much a song about rape and sexual persecution of women in our macho, male-dominated society and the attitudes towards women, sexually, as objects and not as equal human beings. I'm putting myself in the mind of the typical American Jerk with a totally unoriginal attitude about women."Scott: "This song is really not about sex at all. It's about control, violence and abuse of power."Robert: When I hear this, I think of being in the studio and listening to basic tracks. I remember going, "Shit, man, we have something going on here."Dean: This song reminds me of "In The Light" by Zeppelin. I was in my driveway and heard that riff, so I went inside and came up with this, all the time totally prompted by "In The Light."Ian Gittins: "'Sex Type Thing' was one of the most compelling songs on Core; and one that was to recur and haunt Weiland in interviews for the next two years. Only in the summer of 1994 did he reveal that he'd written the song after a woman he was profoundly in love with was raped by three football players following a drunken high school party. She'd been a virgin at the time."Scott: "The first single is 'Sex Type Thing'. Don't be fooled by the title. It's not a song that romanticizes exploitation of women. Quite the contrary in fact. The song was written from the perspective of a man who thinks he owns the body of a woman, regardless of the woman's consent. That the man can take any woman he wants. That's what 'Sex Type Thing' is about. It's a good song and the response to it is also quite good. Also from radio stations." (Aardschok Metal Hammer 12/1/1992)Scott: "It was, 'All right, the "Cop Killer" controversy's dead, let's try to find something else. I never thought that people would ever seriously think that I was an advocate of date rape." (Rolling Stone Magazine - 08/01/1993)Scott: "Like with 'Sex Type Thing,' Dean was out in the front yard of his house in San Diego, washing his car or something, and he was, like, listening to some old Zeppelin song. The first time he played it for me over the phone, it reminded me of an old-style Sonic Youth-ish kind of riff. And when he told me how he got the thing, I was tweaked. Hey, I write songs that way, too." (Spin Magazine 9/1/1993)Dean: "This song reminds me of "In The Light" by Zeppelin. I was in my driveway and heard that riff, so I went inside and came up with this, all the time totally prompted by "In The Light. 'In the Light,'"'Duh bug ngaow, buh-neh-neh-nah- neh-neh-nao-nhe' except because the music was inside and I was outside, it sounded different. You know how you can hear music sometimes in a different way? I heard it 'buh-neh-buh-neh-buh-neh,' which is like the riff idea to 'Sex Type Thing,' and ran in and hit it out on the classical guitar." (Spin Magazine 9/1/1993)Scott: "It's not a political song, exactly, though the idea behind it is something that people should look at. But I don't want to be thought of as a poster boy for the feminist movement or anything." (Spin Magazine 9/1/1993)Scott: "I really feel pity that date-rape situations exist. So many guys are brainwashed as children to fit into these macho stereotypes where they treat women disrespectfully and have this improper view of sexuality. Although that kind of man is one I utterly despise, in a sense I feel both characters are victims." (Request Magazine - 9/1/1993)Dean: "I wrote "Sex Type Thing" on acoustic, but I always meant it to be an electric tune." (Guitar Player - 2/1/1994)Details Magazine: A woman he was hopelessly in love with had her first sexual experience when she was raped by three football players after getting drunk at a high school party. (Details - 7/1/1994) Lyrics: I am I am I amI said I wanna get next to youI said I wanna get close to youYou wouldn't want me haveto hurt you too, hurt you too?I ain't I ain't I ain'tA buyin' into your apathyI'm gonna learn ya my philosophyYou wanna know about atrocity?I know you want what's on my mindI know you like what's on my mindI know it eats you up insideI know you know, you knowI am a man, a manI'll give ya something that ya won't forgetI said you shouldn't have worn that dressI know you want what's on my mind Here I come, I come, I come
In other instances the victim may not know the perpetrator at all. This type of sexual violence is sometimes referred to as stranger rape. Stranger rape can occur in several different ways: 2ff7e9595c
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