Sometimes when you're too busy dancing to a catchy beat, you tend to lose sight of what is actually being said in a song. And, more times than is socially acceptable, those lyrics might actually be holding some pretty misogynistic messages — from artists where it may be expected While, yes, it is possible to be a feminist and still listen to music with misogynistic messages , can an artist's celebrity status and success ever really be an excuse for promoting misogynistic messages? Not in my book. But, nevertheless, that hasn't stopped the production of songs that cross that line.
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Nowadays, some people still think rap is the most misogynistic and hostile music for women. However, pop, rock or French chanson have been full of sexist lyrics that have gone unnoticed for decades. It seems more urgent to blame sexism on hip hop than to acknowledge that our whole society is sexist and rap is no more no less sexist than any other musical genre. But no one looks eager to criticize the lyrics of icons we grew up listening to…. To set the record straight, Madame Rap compiled for the second time 30 sexist songs that are not rap and that made their mark on the history of international and French popular music, without offending anyone. Get ready for some everyday sexism, abuse of power, rape culture, pedophilia, slut-shaming and harassment. Your email address will not be published. Skip to content. But no one looks eager to criticize the lyrics of icons we grew up listening to… To set the record straight, Madame Rap compiled for the second time 30 sexist songs that are not rap and that made their mark on the history of international and French popular music, without offending anyone. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
The Rolling Stones, ‘Some Girls’ (1976)
Studies have shown that positive representation is crucial for marginalized groups in our society. For women and people of color especially, the media constantly repackages damaging and repressive stereotypes. In return, media and art are how people our society fight back and find their way to a just truth. In fact, this year was a banner one for the industry's long history of racist , sexist representation. As beckons, we have a chance to demand better from entertainers and the music industry. To that end, here are 17 songs and music videos from that should never have happened — songs and videos of the sort we shouldn't stand for anymore. Some media outlets have dubbed " The Year of Taylor Swift ," but for black women the video for her lead single "Shake It Off" was yet another occasion when their bodies were used as exotic objects for the white gaze. In the video, Swift not only culturally appropriates from b-boy culture note the chains , but she also crawls between the legs of a faceless twerking black woman and gawks at her ass, making a spectacle of the black female body in the process. In "Vegas" from his latest album , Eminem raps:. In one fell swoop, he endorsed the physical assault of Nicki Minaj and the rape of Iggy Azalea.
Popular song lyrics from the years , , , and , were content analyzed for feminine images. Eleven stereotyped female images were examined: woman as evil; emphasis on physical characteristics; woman's need for man; woman as a possession of man; woman as mother; woman as sex object; woman as delicate; woman as child; woman on a pedestal; woman as physically attractive; and woman as supernatural. Significant changes over time were found for 8 of the 11 images. This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access. Rent this article via DeepDyve. Adorno, T.
