The song, directed to various celebrity women, presents today’s modern woman as scandalous, with an unsung claim of reevaluation of oneself and purity needs to be reintroduced in the media. The band’s lyrics to the song convey a stereotypical Hollywood woman who is nonetheless worthless and disgraceful in her behavior and appearance. In the opening verse of the song, a scene depicting a socialistic woman in revealing clothing with an addiction to cocaine is introduced to the listener. According to lines 5–7 in the lyrics, rehab is where the authorities, or her publicists, have to send her to protect her image (Papa Roach, 2008)1. In the recent decade rehab has been used as a way to fix reputations.
In the novel Collins writes, “The girl tribute from District 1, looking provocative in a see-through gold gown…With that flowing blonde hair, emerald green eyes, her body tall and lush… she’s sexy all the way”(125).Collins makes it clear that society has a very specific image of what sexy should look like. In today’s society women are constantly being dehumanized in advertisements. Sex sells so most advertisements show at least one female body part. They always end up showing a pair of legs or lips positioned into a sexual form. In a Dolce and Gabana ad, a women is shown being put down by a male twice her size with three other men eagerly watching .This is degrading for women because it makes it harder for men to take them serious when the media has given them little value in society.
She state that her action that night was ‘the worst dating faux pas’ meaning that what she had done was against the idea of a typical male-in-control relationship. Mulvey then establishes her main contention that there are many young and successful women out there who would ‘soften their image’ and conceal their accomplishments to get the perfect husband and increase their chances of marriage. In this article the writer uses a rhetorical question as a way to draw readers towards her contention that women should step up to be in control of
Is this sexual revolution simply women wanting the same sexual freedom as men? Then I thought maybe these artists are just using sex to sell records? I’d like to look at that perspective, as well as the objectification of women in pop videos. America’s modern sexual revolution can be traced back to 1930’s, but the 1960’s is the period I’d like to focus on. The ‘60s was a time of societal change on many fronts, from the feminist movement, to gay and civil rights issues.
Robert Hart - Popular Music: History and Politics Lady Gaga: Manufactured Music Mannequin or Political Pop Phenomenon In my Popular Music: History and Politics essay I intend to explore the impact Lady Gaga has had on the significance of Pop music today, and whether her appeal lies within her music or the media frenzy she creates around herself with the exploitation of her flamboyant personality/lifestyle. I also wish to discuss how she has used her fame as a way of helping eradicate major issues in modern day society including the treatment of the LGBT community, of which she has incessantly voiced her support. Maureen Callahan describes Lady Gaga as ‘a once-in-a-decade artist, the rare instant celebrity whose appearance can become a cultural event,’ (Callahan, 2010) this statement is one of many used to describe Gaga’s almost instantaneous impact on the music world. However as you delve deeper into her background you realise that the woman who is now a ‘pop culture provocateur who mixes high-and-low culture, the avant-garde with the accessible, ''downtown'' authenticity with the sheen of glamorous artifice’ (Callahan, 2010) has worked incredibly hard to get to where she is now, and she does so for many reasons. The global superstar and extremely self-disciplined workaholic we see now is a product of years of dedication to her craft.
Throughout the opening scene of the movie, the director has immediately introduced gender stereotype with fast flashing shots of the main character, Andy, and other models getting ready. This film technique assists in contrasting between a working class women and a model; which illustrates fantasy and reality. Through the use of music, Frankel has successfully established gender stereotype in women with the lyrics ‘Suddenly I see, this is what I want to be’, while showing shots of glamorous models changing, eating their small portions and putting make-up on; this implies that this is the way all women want to be. The use of lighting is also crucial as the bright, white colouring of the models apartments portrays their glamour and status in society. As the models are changing, we’re given close up shots of each of them preparing for their day and the use of costume is effective because you see all the models wearing lingerie which shows women as sexual objects for men.
The media conform teens to believe in a false lifestyle. The media tries to conform the way we, as teens, live by showing us unrealistic lifestyles. They specifically target teen girls. Magazines and advertisements project to girls that all girls should wear a certain size or have a specific shape or figure. All the time the media makes girls think that in order to feel beautiful, popular, or desirable they have to look like these women seen on TV or in magazines.
Though the feminist movement took a strong hold and the ideas of gender equality are promoted within the educational system, women still have limited opportunities for self-realization outside the family (Cho, 2002; Janelli & Yim, 2002). This situation naturally results in tension between the ambition of women who were educated to believe in gender equality and the realities of a male-dominated society. One possible reaction is to rebel and challenge the rules of the game; the other way is to accept the rules, master them and twist them to women’s advantage. The main female character, known as “the Girl,” chooses to do just that—and succeeds spectacularly. Not only she gets away with extreme sassiness and abusive behaviour, in the end, she gets rewarded with a caring guy who is willing to accommodate her crazy whims and temper tantrums.
Despite trying to portray her feelings in an abstract and metaphorical way, Miley’s music video ended up coming across as overdramatic, inappropriate, and in a sense, masochistic. These themes present in the music video along with the sex appeal override the ethos and true meaning behind the song. As a young female, Miley Cyrus hopes to relate to her main audience, who are teenagers and young adults that also experience heartbreak and emotional pain in similar ways. Those teenagers and young adults who have grown up with her and support her through her career love her just the
Magazines, advertisements and television create and promote stereotypical images of females. Females are represented as sex objects with nurturing, motherly instincts, only focused on beauty, house hold chores, politically and professionally inferior. Males are depicted as the bread winners, career orientated, professional, political and important. This is in stark contrast to the truths of reality, where women in both Australia and America are professionals, and do infact hold numerous powerful positions in the workforce. This shows the immense influence the media has over western cultures, and how this can influence popular understandings of females.