Tamela’s hostile aggressive tendencies are exhibited in her dress, her relation to people around her, and in some of her self-harm behavior. When she dressed provocatively to go out to sing she said that she loved to get attention. She even went as far to state that attention from men is “the only way you know you’re worth anything.” Due to her sexual abuse history and her terrible relationship with her father, Tamela did not trust or have many real relationships with men. She was angry with her parents and the person who abused her and she exhibited that anger by dressing in extremely comment-provoking clothing. Then, when people called her names or treated her like a prostitute, she would become extremely aggressive and yell and curse.
This story of a child’s corrupt choices and the heart wrenching emotions a mother feels, pulls the audience into their song. The song then shifts to a common situation of a young man having unprotected sex and eventually dies of HIV. TLC has the listener relating to a young man by arousing everyone’s need to be loved; the lyric is, “little precious has a natural obsession for temptation but he just can't see. She gives him loving that his body can't handle but all he can say is, baby it's good to me” (Waterfalls Lyrics). They stir the emotions of the listener in order to emphasis the need for safe sex.
Mia Choe 11/18/2012 Honors English 2, Hour 3 Miss Independent By: Ne-Yo Miss Independent, a catchy R&B song by Ne-Yo, is directed towards the younger generation. This song is enjoyable not only for its rhythm but also because of the message embedded in the lyrics. In a world where women have continuously been looked at as inferior to men, the song Miss Independent by Ne-Yo encourages them to take a stand in society. First of all, the two words which make up the title are contradictory to one another. Females are seen as dependent on men to get by in life.
As is the case for most viral phenomena, there are those who aren’t too keen on hip-hop Elvis’s lyrical prose. They fear that his overwhelming invectives can and will entreat harm upon his avid listeners. In spite of the schism between the lovers and the haters, Eminem has undoubtedly taken the music industry by storm; and in turn, our views and considerations. While the zealots of ‘Slim Shady’ defend his lyrics and context with phrases like ‘artistic expression’ and ‘free speech’, as made evident in Jackson Katz’s essay entitled Eminem’s Popularity Is a Major Setback for Girls and Women, Eminem’s cultural trailblazing comes with a less-than charismatic price: widespread acceptance of violence against anyone and everyone who falls within the crosshairs of his philosophy. People see this on a day-to-day basis, sometimes blatantly, other times situated behind the cleverly posed acceptances found in daily public life: Guy eyes a fetching girl and advances discretely.
christina delahys November 8, 2012 Delores English 114 Violence out of Love In the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, the characters Beli, Oscar and Lola are all confronted with indescribable violence when trying to find love due to the curse of the “fuku”. The brutal violence that occurs within the novel easily relates back to the curse caused by the love of Abelard for his daughter by betraying Trujillo’s demands. Each character throughout the novel experiences great hardships and obstacles while trying to find true love. Although Beli, Oscar and Lola constantly attempt to find love, they always fail to do so with many instances resulting in violence. The well-known ‘fuku’ curse is the sole reason love is unattainable and violence is abundant in the Cabral family.
Deandre Moore “The Lottery” Essay In Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery” on a clear and sunny day, a woman is randomly chosen to be violently stoned by her husband, children, and villagers. In this short story Jackson uses imagery, diction, and syntax to suggest a hidden evil, hypocrisy, and weakness of human kind. In, “The Lottery”, there are many aspects of the short story that create senses of evil. The lottery itself creates a sense of the cruel and inhumane practices that still exist in the world today. It’s nothing less than cruel for a woman to be stoned by her family, even by her own little boy.
As a teenager there will be a time where breaking the bonds of childhood, entering a world of rebellion, and being obsessed with popularity will be normal. For teenage girls, in order to acquire this popularity they need to be thin, busty, and wear revealing clothing while gossiping about peers and spending time worrying about boys and parties rather than their academics. But, where did this image of how to be a popular teenage girl come from? For decades, teen films have portrayed popular teenage girls this way and the film Mean Girls is no exception. This film not only displays how the world expects teenage girls to act, but also how difficult it is for teenage girls to resist acting this way.
Rita dutifully sought out a way to stop these rumors so she told Maria’s husband that Maria was gossiping about her. While this happened Maria tried to intervene to put her two cents in about Rita’s actions. This only resulted in Maria’s husband instantly hitting her. Being shamed so, Maria and her friends attacked Rita, cutting off her braids and wounding her. “In Mexico as elsewhere, hair cutting for women was a gravely insulting, visible symbol of sexual and social dishonor.” This would reflect upon her husband’s honor as well.
She also states love will not pay for bills to give a room for “slumber nor a roof”. Not only is it not tangible it's an aching heartbreak roller-coaster that “rise and sink and rise and [will] sink again”(4). She sees love negatively throughout the whole poem even to the point of calling it “death” (7). She also notes the consequences of the psychological impact it leaves behind, wanting “release” (10) and to be freed from their “love for peace”(12) of mind. She ends line ten with “moaning for release,” the word moaning would be seen as a physical expression of intense sexual pleasure in today's world but this connotation would be seen oppositely; where as in this case the victim is in agonizing pain.
Some of Madonna’s songs aren’t that bad but the videos are made to look “sexy” and that is why they become sexual for no reason. Women are trying to get men and that just shows women as being lesser to men. Most women artists these days feel the need to show skin in order for them to become famous. Young musicians as they are growing up feel the need to become more sexual in their music and in their appearance. This sometimes turns out to be really bad for them.