Women simply remain the object of sexual desire, the selling point, and the figures on exhibition. Music plays a significant role in our lives, with nearly 70% of people age 13 and older actively listening to music at least once a day and 90% of people actively listening to music at least several times a week (Bakula, 2012).” This statement is very true everyone listens to music from all generations, we all see the videos, and yes sex does sell. In the industry they get as close as possible to naked as they can and it brings viewers, buyers, and entertainment but at the same time it still discriminates against the females race and misrepresent them. During this course we did a discussion bored on five words that describe female positively and negatively, and when you watch these videos that is where all the negative stigma and words come out about females because they are shown as not respecting themselves. The fact that rap music videos portray women as sexualized objects and material items helps support the ideology that women are powerless, inferior and submissive beings. Many viewers watch the videos and cannot separate reality from the common images seen, which is problematic in the ways men and women of all ages perceive women. For me I cannot really relate to the discrimination of females in my personal life because of the way my mother raised me but I know I do enjoy hip-hop and in some sort of way that kind of means I support
Women simply remain the object of sexual desire, the selling point, and the figures on exhibition. Music plays a significant role in our lives, with nearly 70% of people age 13 and older actively listening to music at least once a day and 90% of people actively listening to music at least several times a week (Bakula, 2012).” This statement is very true everyone listens to music from all generations, we all see the videos, and yes sex does sell. In the industry they get as close as possible to naked as they can and it brings viewers, buyers, and entertainment but at the same time it still discriminates against the females race and misrepresent them. During this course we did a discussion bored on five words that describe female positively and negatively, and when you watch these videos that is where all the negative stigma and words come out about females because they are shown as not respecting themselves. The fact that rap music videos portray women as sexualized objects and material items helps support the ideology that women are powerless, inferior and submissive beings. Many viewers watch the videos and cannot separate reality from the common images seen, which is problematic in the ways men and women of all ages perceive women. For me I cannot really relate to the discrimination of females in my personal life because of the way my mother raised me but I know I do enjoy hip-hop and in some sort of way that kind of means I support