Tuesday 15 October 2013

Representation on 'Hip Hop Honeys'

Statement
In many rap videos women have no identity except as sexual playthings and "eye candy"

These images do provide pleasures to some viewers. But the concern is that men may internalise the notion that women are nothing more than sexual objects waiting to be used.

These sorts of images are not unique to hip hop. Objectified female bodies are everywhere. They appear throughout our culture in films, advertisements, television programmes etc. However, within music videos, this is virtually the ONLY vision of women available.

I think that in music video girls are shown as sexual objects to a certain extent in the video. Many videos are about the women swooning over the men and that they are just good looking and barely clothed. The men in the videos are dominant towards the females and gives the impression that men can treat a girl how they want. Hip hop videos use this the most but it isn't just hip hop. This style of video is used in many different types of music videos. 
Women are being portrayed like this in more and more videos and it is becoming more popular. The directors of the video are making their videos like this because at the end of the day that is what sells. Lots of men buy the music videos and that is encouraging more directors and music artists to use 'honeys' in their videos. 
However, some women in the industry say that they love doing this job and it makes them feel like they are special. Some girls say that they are using the men to get easy money and that they are only in the videos because they are good dancers. The men in the videos are seen as narcissistic men dominating the women and having a good time. This encourages other men to copy them and wanting to be just like their idols. In the videos it also shows the women trying to be as sexy as possible to win over the men and the men not having to do anything, even if they do look ugly. 
In conclusion I think that in most of the hip hop videos I have seen, they have been portrayed as sex objects and are obedient towards the men. But there are many videos that are just about dancing and not about women in bikinis. 

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