Women and Hip-Hop in Videos
This video is a great way to help see the way women are depicted in hip-hop culture. Both the women in the video and the lyrics show how women are shown. In the video, the women are wearing very skimpy clothing and are shown in a sexual manner with sexual innuendo. At one point a woman is licking an ice cube sexually and another is riding what appears to be a mechanical bull. Even though the women choose to be in this video, it can be degrading towards woman. The guys in the video are fully clothed and just standing, versus the women who are wearing minimal clothing. The lyrics of both the female and male singer show women in a purely sexual manner. They both talk about "doing a dance on a dick", which can also be negative towards women. There is no talk about the women in any way but a physical one. The women go along with it, however, because they sing the lyrics right back to the men. This goes along a lot with what we have talked about in class. In class we have talked about how men and women are treated and seen differently in society. The men and women of this video are definitely seen way differently. We already talked about the difference in the video itself, but it is also different in the lyrics. In this song, the lyrics are all about the women "doing their dance" and the men mostly just letting them. It uses women as sexual objects.
Personally, I have listened to this song and danced to it at dances without thinking about it. It's when you see the videos and listen to lyrics when you really realize what songs are about and the inequality depicted between men and women. In this, like most other rap songs, women are sang about and seen sexually. Some women, perhaps the ones in the video, may see it empowering to show their sexuality, while others may take offense to the video. Overall, the music video industry, especially rap, sexualizes women a lot more than they do men.
Aidan Munn
I completely agree with you Aidan, (thanks for an entertaining entry by the way)
ReplyDeleteI think that it's disappointing that women are subjected to such a vulgar way of representing themselves but in some way they must think it's okay, because these women do have a choice to not partake in such a degrading environment. Respect is certainly lost by people for the women who subject themselves to this treatment.
Suppose it would have been helpful to sign my name so you knew who was agreeing with your entry. haha -Kassandra Barber
ReplyDeleteTo me I view the lyrics as just a man and a women talking about sex. Sharing what there doing in bed by the women saying "do my dance on your dick' I view it more so as them sharing too much private bed room action rather than the man depicting the women. She is flaunting what she is able to do in bed and so is he. There are some things he say that I do find offensive but the overall idea I get from the song is just sharing too much info. You can do such and such in the bed, yay you! I do disagree with they way they are displayed in the video. Making women only to be good for their sexual ways.
ReplyDelete-Dyamone Clark
I remember when i first heard this song and how shocked i was. this song is very dirty, but that's what a rap music is today. The song is specifically about sex and the pleasure the male gets out of it and what he wants the woman to do for him. In the video the women are very sexy and. I don't think the video is terrible but i really am not a fan of how it depicts women as pretty much just sex objects. this video was a great pic to explain your topic.
ReplyDelete-Midori Harrison
I hate to sound like a broken record, but it really is too bad that only a handful of women like the ones in rap videos give that persona to other women. It is degrading to be doing these suggestive actions like riding the mechanical bull that is a symbol of what we all know they're talking about. Good post Aidan
ReplyDelete-Devan Marry