Nothing has changed for women since John Lennon and Yoko Ono 50 years ago
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John Lennon left The Beatles in 1974 and 51 years later, the girlfriends of musicians are still taking the wrap for their partners.A new film titled One to One: John and Yoko has been released this weekend and focuses on the couple’s controversial relationship in a brief moment in the 1970s.The film addresses how Yoko Ono, 92, was considered a ‘b***h’ who broke up the band and was hated by the same group that revered Lennon.Although the documentary film focuses on a time and attitude from decades ago, this attitude towards Ono has not changed. Her name is to this day used as a punchline to describe when a band fights over a woman, or when a relationship is the cause of a band breakdown.Additionally, the villianisation of women because of the actions of a man is still rife.Yoko Ono met John Lennon in 1966, and two years later, Lennon confirmed his divorce from his first wife, Cynthia Lennon.He later insisted the marriage was over before his relationship with Ono in an open letter, perBi...