Lady Marmalade

“Lady Marmalade” “Where’s all mah soul sistas, Lemme hear ya’ll flow sistas…” “Lady Marmalade” seems like a song of four women proudly calling out to each other to praise their feminine capability of dominance and independence in society. The actual verses of this song reflect the combined attitudes of four “prostitutes” in Moulin Rouge. They are vocally expressing their proud choice of prostitution through a fictional character, Lady Marmalade, and her experience. This …

…Prostitution is risky business. Lady Marmalade may be proud of her choice but it is dehumanizing because it is reducing herself to an object that can be very easily and most probably harmed. The song “Lady Marmalade” praises prostitution. While it is a centuries-old practice, it is not a justifiable subject to sing about. It is immoral and unethical. The ladies in the song may be soul sistas but their souls have been seriously dehumanized.