Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video

Dreamworlds 3, the highly anticipated update of Sut Jhally's groundbreaking Dreamworlds 2 (1995), examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women, and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives shape individual and cultural attitudes about sexuality. Illustrated with hundreds of up-to-date images, Dreamworlds 3 offers a unique and powerful tool for understanding both the continuing influence of music videos and how pop culture more generally filters the identities of young men and women through a dangerously narrow set of myths about sexuality and gender. In doing so, it inspires viewers to reflect critically on images that they might otherwise take for granted.

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[HipHopIsInfinite]

I honestly don't know what to say. My heart is broken after watching this the sorrow I'm feeling is unbearable. Those women didn't want to be harassed or sexually assaulted like that no matter what their wearing. I'm a male myself & the respect I have for women is huge. Don't these boys that were doing the harassment have any sisters? mothers? honor? I'm ashamed to be a man & hurt over this monstrous video.

[magestiquana]

this is why we need feminism....for the sheer ignorance of your comment.

[Kimberly Tien]

archive.org/details/Dreamworld­s3

That is the link to the FULL DOCUMENTARY. I am currently watching it.

[anUHkins]

as a women when I watch this it basically reminds me that i'll never be seen as great as men get to be seen in any facet of life. never. its impossible. it simply cannot happen. not in my lifetime, not while I still live as part of a generation that was raised on this. and i'm 19. and it's still happening. Every dream a women has she will realize is taken down a notch when she sees how society really is. on one hand I love being a women but on the other i fucking hate it.

[agrawrawrawr]

what this trailer doesn't do a good job of is making the point that the author specifically talks about the fact that music video's don't directly cause this kind of behavior. instead, he explains that the negative reinforcement of these images and how they are a "norm" in popular culture does not help cases against sexual assault because they idolize the fantasy woman. the focus on music videos provides the specific example of female artists who resort to sexual images to promote their music.

[Summer GreatScott]

i think it's more hinting to the point that seeing the norm for women to be flaunted as sexual dancers or extras in these music videos kind of spreads a message to people who think that women like it which isn't always the case and certainly doesn't give someone the right to presume so

[bbykaren]

so blame the victim? she's not responsible for the action of others. so stfu you ignorant asshole.

[Christian Belman]

Does anyone know the name of the song that shows a woman being showered with wine or whatever that red liquid is? I need the name of that song for a project I am working on. thanks

[hislord1]

You're ashamed of being a man? Are you telling me that it is in the nature of men to abuse women like this? What you see here is sexual deviants, not men. Stop mixing men up with women. Look at the NSPCC statistics showing that MOTHERS commit 67% of all child-abuse, where are the hordes of women shouting "I'm ashamed of being a woman"?

[fbskier20]

Yeah, no woman with class would show up to a shitshow like that.