CUES Response

In pop music videos woman are represented as slutty, Skinny, sexy and beautiful for example in the music video (Partition by Beyoncé) Beyoncé is wearing little to no clothing/sexy slutty dresses and dances on a strip pole this represents woman in the media as slutty and sexy because of her body language, song lyrics and clothing in the music video. Most of the time in music videos they get beautiful skinny woman to perform in the music video this is what represents woman as beautiful and skinny because that’s what the media show in music videos and magazines. The purpose of doing this in a music video is to make the singer more appealing so more people/mostly men will want to watch it which will benefit the singer by giving her more views, more money and higher ratings. The effect of this is the singer gets more ratings and gets more money but it also gives people a false representation of what woman are really like and this is what causes sexism, suicide, depression and anorexia because it makes girls believe that’s what they have to look like to attract men (anorexia), It makes girls tease other girls if they do not look like that (suicide, depression) and it makes guys just think that girls are sex toys just there to play with (sexism). Overall I think acting like this in a music video is bad and should not be legal, I think how the media represents woman is absolutely terrible and it needs to be stopped. Here are some other music videos that represent woman badly in the media.

In the music video Wrecking ball by Miley Cyrus, Miley is seen licking a sledge hammer and swinging on a wrecking ball naked. She is presented as a whore, slut, stripper and a prostitute. The effect this has on the audience is it gives them a false representation on woman stereotypes.

In the music video Just Give Me A Reason by P!nk, The song starts out with pink in a nice dress but as the song goes on she is slowly stripped until barely wearing anything at all, at the end of the video there is a scene with Pink and Nate Ruess on a bed which suggests they are going to have sex. This is another example of how woman are represented in the media, sexy, slutty and sexually active. All these representations are what lure men in and are what make men stereotype woman, which is what makes men sexist.

In the music video Can't Remember to Forget You by Shakira, Shakira and Rihanna in this music video are represented as sluts, lesbians and strippers They are represented like this because of how they act in the video and there skimpy sexy dresses. For example wearing underwear type clothe while lying on the bed.

In the music video Starships by Nicki Minaj, Nicki is represented as a hoe she is represented like this because throughout the video Nicki is wearing all different types of sexy/slutty clothes presenting herself as sexually attractive to make more viewers/men want to listen, buy and watch her music video. I think this video is a perfect example of how people stereotype woman as sexy, slutty and sexually active.

In reality woman are meant to be treated equally to men but because of how the media represent woman they are mistreated sexually. Men call woman fat and ugly this is because what they see on TV is skinny and beautiful this is what makes them think that’s how all woman should be which is what causes this/sexism.

There are many more music videos like this but I have only described a few, if woman keep getting represented this way in the media it will lead to an increase in rape and sexual abuse. There was in incident in America not so long ago where there was this case where this young girl was bullied into committing suicide because she was being called ugly, fat, not cool and not wearing sexy clothes (wearing nerdy clothes) this is a result of how the media represent woman. In America every year 30,000 kids commit suicide because of bullying. If the media didn’t represent woman like this in the media this young girl would still be alive, this is why falsely representing woman in the media should be illegal.

 

 

 

By Bryce Petersen