In today’s society there are a number of issues related to sexuality and gender. The report will explore many of these issues in situations such as the portrayal of women in hip hop music videos, peer and family expectations relating to gender identity and personal attitudes, values and beliefs about sexual orientation.
Portrayal of women in hip hop culture
Within music videos in the hip hop industry we see the portrayal of women as sexual objects rather than human beings. In class we watched just three music videos, Candy Shop by 50 Cent, My House by Flo Rida and Sweat by Snoop Dogg all of which had similar images of scantily dressed women who were dancing provocatively around the artist. I believe that the images shown in the music videos …show more content…
In the world of hip-hop women are a representation of success and they are treated as accessories or in other words a way for rappers to prove they have made it. In ‘My House’ by Flo Rida there are scenes where women have literally been dressed as objects such as a lamp post and a table. Artists are always using the hottest girls in their videos which then makes other people, especially young men, think that they are living the good life. However the rappers don’t realize the extent to which their music is affecting the younger generations and their ideas about sexuality and gender. When younger ones watch TV and see people throwing money around, with women hanging all over them and owning expensive cars that image is then ingrained in their minds as a definition of a successful man. After hearing and seeing the same message repeatedly, it shouldn’t be a surprise that kids will start to repeat this behavior.Looking at society now compared to what it used to be, women tend to, on paper, have the perception of being equal to a male. Unfortunately the media constantly undermines this idea through different outlets, one example being music and hip hop in particular. Rather than a positive image of what it is and means to be a woman we see that image morphed into a negative one because of hip hop. If our society continues to allow the …show more content…
One of the main issues in the videos we watched were that women are treated like possessions that the male owns. Younger generations are constantly exposed to these images and grow up believing that this is how the “real world” works. This is obviously not the case. Bringing in different programmes such as Attitude who are all about equipping the younger generations with skills and information they need through their adolescent lives would be a really positive action. Attitude give young people strategies for solving problems, handling stress, building resilience and negotiating relationships. All of which are going to help teenagers understand what it means to be in a relationship, how that should work and how they should be treated in that relationship. For the younger generations, especially young girls, to know and learn what it means to be female is really important as they will then grow up with the correct knowledge of how the men in their life should treat them, which is not like the way hip-hop artists treat them in their
Portrayal of women in hip hop culture
Within music videos in the hip hop industry we see the portrayal of women as sexual objects rather than human beings. In class we watched just three music videos, Candy Shop by 50 Cent, My House by Flo Rida and Sweat by Snoop Dogg all of which had similar images of scantily dressed women who were dancing provocatively around the artist. I believe that the images shown in the music videos …show more content…
In the world of hip-hop women are a representation of success and they are treated as accessories or in other words a way for rappers to prove they have made it. In ‘My House’ by Flo Rida there are scenes where women have literally been dressed as objects such as a lamp post and a table. Artists are always using the hottest girls in their videos which then makes other people, especially young men, think that they are living the good life. However the rappers don’t realize the extent to which their music is affecting the younger generations and their ideas about sexuality and gender. When younger ones watch TV and see people throwing money around, with women hanging all over them and owning expensive cars that image is then ingrained in their minds as a definition of a successful man. After hearing and seeing the same message repeatedly, it shouldn’t be a surprise that kids will start to repeat this behavior.Looking at society now compared to what it used to be, women tend to, on paper, have the perception of being equal to a male. Unfortunately the media constantly undermines this idea through different outlets, one example being music and hip hop in particular. Rather than a positive image of what it is and means to be a woman we see that image morphed into a negative one because of hip hop. If our society continues to allow the …show more content…
One of the main issues in the videos we watched were that women are treated like possessions that the male owns. Younger generations are constantly exposed to these images and grow up believing that this is how the “real world” works. This is obviously not the case. Bringing in different programmes such as Attitude who are all about equipping the younger generations with skills and information they need through their adolescent lives would be a really positive action. Attitude give young people strategies for solving problems, handling stress, building resilience and negotiating relationships. All of which are going to help teenagers understand what it means to be in a relationship, how that should work and how they should be treated in that relationship. For the younger generations, especially young girls, to know and learn what it means to be female is really important as they will then grow up with the correct knowledge of how the men in their life should treat them, which is not like the way hip-hop artists treat them in their