Do you have a citation for that?
Not specifically. Search the etymology of the word and a variety of historical meanings come to light. I discovered this when I wrote a paper in high school on that Lennon song. My English teacher clued me in. It was surprising.
I discovered the way Lennon used the word, he was referring to women as persons of low stature and powerlessness—”we make her paint her face and dance.” He was pushing feminism in his own way.