In the two music videos chosen for this project, there has been an abundance in gender bias and the media has shown that women are motherly and girly, guys need to save girls, and that girls cannot protect themselves. One of the songs chosen was “Agape” by Zhang Li Yin, a Chinese vocalist who sang this powerful tribute to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake victims. There is also “Severely” by the band FTIsland, a Korean boy group, singing this emotional ballad. Lee Hong Ki, the main singer of the boy band FTIsland, sang and starred in the music video “Severely”. Zhang Li Yin has a few parts in the music video “Agape”, but it only shows her singing the song, not acting in the story part of the music video. The songs are both sentimental and impressive.
Firstly, gender bias is shown in this media because the music videos portray women who are motherly and girly. Both music videos show …show more content…
While crossing the road, both female leads are listening to music and must not be able to hear or see an oncoming vehicle. Naturally, they must be saved by someone. In both music videos, almost getting flattened by a car is a great way to meet a potential love interest. The girl in the “Severely” music video is saved three times by the male lead while crossing the road. One would think that she would’ve learned the first two times. On the third time she gets saved, the male lead sacrifices himself by running in front of the vehicle that was meant to hit her. In “Agape”, the female lead meets gets rescued from a dude trashing her shop by the main male lead. The bully grabs her wrists and shakes her around. She has a helpless look on her face. Goodness woman, just kick the man. In “Severely”, the girl does not take heed to the guy’s warning regarding her dance performance. She really should have, because the dude traveled back in time to warn and save her from the vehicle that hit her and killed her in the previous
Firstly, gender bias is shown in this media because the music videos portray women who are motherly and girly. Both music videos show …show more content…
While crossing the road, both female leads are listening to music and must not be able to hear or see an oncoming vehicle. Naturally, they must be saved by someone. In both music videos, almost getting flattened by a car is a great way to meet a potential love interest. The girl in the “Severely” music video is saved three times by the male lead while crossing the road. One would think that she would’ve learned the first two times. On the third time she gets saved, the male lead sacrifices himself by running in front of the vehicle that was meant to hit her. In “Agape”, the female lead meets gets rescued from a dude trashing her shop by the main male lead. The bully grabs her wrists and shakes her around. She has a helpless look on her face. Goodness woman, just kick the man. In “Severely”, the girl does not take heed to the guy’s warning regarding her dance performance. She really should have, because the dude traveled back in time to warn and save her from the vehicle that hit her and killed her in the previous