Music Video's & Female Gaze

Gina Lagrotteria

March 6, 2015

Blog Post #6

Music Video’s & Female Gaze

            The male gaze is prominent in our society. This week I was trying to think of a music video that would show female gaze rather than the male gaze. When searching for one I was finding that most music videos were male gaze. In the male gaze movement, the women are objectified in the music videos. Songs that I believe would have female gaze because the lyrics in the song were empowering to women actually did not have the videos to match along with it. I was really disappointed in that, I think if you are going to have an empowering song and lyrics for women then the music video should match up with it. I found it hard to find a music video with portraying the female gaze.

            One video that I saw when we shared our music videos in class was “I luv you Popi” By Jennifer Lopez. I like how at the beginning of the music video, she is having girl talk with her friends and brings up the fact that women are always sexualized and objectified in music videos so its time for men to be. That is exactly what happens in the music video. Males are objectified in this video instead of the females being objectified like always. I am so used to seeing the females being objected, that it was good to see the roles reversed for once.

            In the future, going forward I would like to see artists make more powerful songs for women and actually have the music videos match the idea of the song. It would be nice to see more music videos that are female gaze rather than male gaze. A way people find comfort is music videos. So, seeing the music videos not objective women would be a positive thing. It would make girls realize they can dance, sing and have fun but their bodies do not need to be objectified. A women’s body is not meant to be sexualized.

            People are not starting to point out body parts and trying to make them sexualized. Since when does it matter how big your thighs are? How your shoulders look? How your eyebrows look?  People are now putting a sexuality on body parts. Their just body parts! They are not meant to be sexualized.