Mindy Lara
February 27, 2015
Blog Post
Music
In class this week I learned that
the way the media and men view women has changed in such a bad way over time.
First off with the different videos we watched in class it clearly showed how
we are just entertainment for guys and over the years are just viewed so
terribly. It has gotten so much worse based off of the videos. The one that was
showed to us by Nelly was practically porn as a music video and it’s so sad.
This was the one out of the three videos that shocked me the most. The fact that
anyone, no matter how old you are, can go on YouTube and watch a video like
this is ridiculous. People that watch the video are so shocked by just the
visual that they don’t get the chance to listen to the lyrics. Nelly states,
“It must be her ass, cause it ain’t her face.” That has to be one of the most
disrespectful things I have heard. He also states, “Girl with a great body, but
a fucked up face.” This video and many like it today send messages to women
that men only want them for their bodies and that getting judged off their
bodies is just how things have to be, in my opinion this is how I see it.
Instead of having women doing things for the right reasons, you only see them
as objects for the attention of men because this is the only thing media buys.
Music
in general has changed so much over time and there’s no understanding of where
it will head towards in the future because of the way it is now. Music used to
mean something and now some of it is created with little intention of being
special. It’s a few words with a nice beat that is really catchy and that’s it. We see this a lot in genres like pop, hip hop, rap, and r&b. I believe that is one of the reasons that the videos to some of these songs are
extremely ridiculous especially with women now since people know that it will
get many people talking about it weather it’s in good or bad way, it still gets the attention and the views. I hate that this is the way things are and
wish things could change but I feel like if the media makes people more
successful by showing women the way they are doing then it’s just going to get
worse every single time. Not many artist speak up about it and that just shows that they are all for that which is really sad.
Well said! I agree with what you say in your blog post. I found it really interesting that you included the actual lyrics, because I was too distracted by the pornographic nature of the video to pay attention to the song itself. It seems as though women are not viewed as human beings but rather as bodies that exist purely for male entertainment. We don't know where music will take is in the future, but let's hope it's a better place!
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