“The construction of gender stereotyping of both males and females in the media is based on outdated and unfounded beliefs and therefore has had and continues to have a detrimental impact on society.” (Yes!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyfD1F7k1I Women are subjected to many stereotypes in today’s society. Movies and television shows suggest that all women are airheads, whose sole purpose in life is to please men and rear children. Magazines and other advertisements push photographs of very slender, over groomed and “sexy women” into our minds. Men’s magazines write articles on how to seduce a girl into sleeping with them.
Another example is of a song by Rihanna titled ‘S&M’ which those which should defiantly be kept of all radio stations. In the chorus it features a line ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me’. Adolescent males hear these lyrics around the world and may think ‘ If someone as famous as Rihanna is singing this than all the girls must feel this way as well’. Ask yourself would you want your teenage son thinking its ok to treat women as sex toys and objects of pleasure? Of course not.
In personal settings Kanye West is a heartfelt person who puts all of his emotions into his music so his fans can identify with him. West has offended people in saying rude remarks about him and others including saying that he is “the greatest rappers of all time” and that “if it weren’t for him changing the game some of these rappers wouldn’t be rapping”. West has insulted other entertainers including when he embarrassed country artist Taylor Swift during an awards ceremony where she was being presented an award. Kanye West literally jumped on stage to announce to everyone that she didn’t deserve the award but another artist did. This incident proved to others that he didn’t care what he did to others because it was something he wanted to do at the time.
People are strongly against homosexuality and sometimes miss use the “F” word and are commonly used to insult gay men. Teenagers use the “F” word in a very childish manner they aren’t as considerate of the word and call each other faggs. This word is absurd and shouldn’t be of use to anyone just like the “B” word. Girl teens use “bitch” as a greeting to one another. This is a very versatile word it’s used to identify women, as a greeting, and as an insult.
Aaron Devor explores how these factors, gender behavior and various entertainments, potentially affect everyone in “Becoming member of society: Learning the social meanings of gender.” Not only do Kilbourne’s ads ridicule men by showing the obsession of males, but also the other two authors show how other modern society’s entertainments are meant to ridicule men and most importantly women with their acts of violence and sexuality. The males are the majority species that get hurt through music we hear and programs we watch, whereas advertisements hurt females. The entertainments substantially imply most men are violent, and the advertisements imply women as material objects. In A sense, men and women learning the consequences of violence and sexuality in daily life would help them to find a common ground with another built on respect and compassion because both genders are getting hurt
I have realized how offensive I get when a man acts upon in a feminist or sexist way. That has been the way I always felt even before attending a woman studies course. For example, I was around a group of men who were socializing about how women have satisfied them sexually and labeling them as bitches and whores. So at first I laughed about it but the more they continued I had to take a stand by asking them why they always have to talk about women in such a terrible fashion. They looked at me like I was from another world.
The four traditional pillars of hip-hop are DJing, rapping, breakdancing, and graffiti art. Five additional pillars are sometimes added: hip-hop fashion, beatboxing, hip-hop slang, street knowledge, and street entrepreneurship. Hip-hop music incorporates a number of iconic elements, most notably DJing and rapping, along with things like beatboxing, sampling, and juggling beats on turntables. In early forms of the music, DJs would loop portions of songs, highlighting the interest percussive patterns found in them, to create their own new, emergent beats. These beats were eventually coupled with a rhyming, chanting style of singing, referred to as rapping.
They want to know more about tools so that they are able to use them when needed. But women are so intimated by men, and scared to become independent because of the laughs and rude comments that the men snicker amongst other men. So this party scene is designed for women who want to become independent; it’s a comfortable place for them to learn more about ‘man jobs’. Another interviewee from Nelsen commented, “When they realize that the women next to them at the party also don’t know what a Robertson head is they don’t feel so bad [or] intimidated by wanting to express themselves in their homes.” (Nelsen 39) Women are so intimidated by men that they base their whole life around how the men will judge them. Women consider themselves lower than men, because they are not treated as equals.
Hip-Hop: The Past, the Present, and the Future Nick Carlin MUS 304 Dr. Gavin Webb December 7, 2012 Introduction Hip-hop, with its most basic definition, is the combination of the musical genre known as rap and musical accompaniment known as the “beat”. Rap is a musical style that incorporates rhythmic speech, usually with a rhyming pattern. An important distinction that must be made is that while rap focuses solely on spoken lyrics, Hip-Hop contains both a lyrical and a musical component. Although Hip-Hop is described as a genre of music, it can also be seen as a cultural movement that encompasses not only the music, but visual and performance aspects as well. The roots of Hip-Hop can be traced back to the early 1970’s in New York.
There have been a number of successful artists come from Jamaica. Bob Marley is one of the most noteworthy ones. He