This essay is about “His Story” by TLC, and it is based on Marxist Criticism and the researchable topic is sexual abuse. TLC is an American girl group who is originated of three girls: Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. Marxist literary criticism is a loose term describing literary criticism based on socialist and dialectic theories. It relates to Marxist criticism because one partner is dominating the other partner in any sexual activities.

“His Story” is a song by TLC on an album called “Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip”, which was released on February 25, 1992. This is also the debut studio album of the group. Marxist Criticism best explains the lyrics to the song because it has one partner dominating …show more content…
Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity with a minor. A child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity. When a perpetrator engages with a child this way, they are committing a crime that can have lasting effects on the victim for years. “Yo, this is a story of a male female threat to society
You know being misjudged and not respected for what we are
But I want to send this special shout out to my girl Tawana Brawley
Cause no matter what we say or what we do
They'll always believe his story (ow)”
The song “His Story” talks about a girl named Tawana Brawley, who falsely accused four white men of raping her. The charges received widespread national attention because of her age (15), the persons accused (including police officers and a prosecuting attorney), and the state in which Brawley was found after the alleged rape. She was found in a trash bag, with racial slurs written on her body and covered in feces. Brawley's accusations were given widespread media attention in part from the involvement of her advisers, including the famous Reverend Al Sharpton and attorneys Alton H. Maddox and C. Vernon Mason. After hearing evidence, a grand jury concluded in October 1988 that Brawley had not been the victim of a forcible sexual assault and that she herself may have created the appearance of such an attack. “Why does it have to be that we get labeled for what we