Misogyny in Music: A Video Montage

A look at how women are objectified in music across different genres. A project for WGS 220: Gender and Popular Culture

Category:

Music

Tags:

• country
• hip-hop
• pop
• r&b
• rock

[loqutor]

And no complaints about the levels of misandry that Beyonce expresses in her music.  Funny.

[0Angel0A]

@MsAshonte I have to disagree with that as an argument... There's a lot of societal pressure and conditioning for women to look good; it's even viewed as "sexually liberating." (which it isn't, it's just the right to expose oneself for the pleasure of men, nothing in return)

Considering the stigma that exists against females who are too "ugly," and the encouragement for girls and women to be pretty and exposing their bodies, I don't think it's right to be putting blame on females. It's society.

[maddywoo13]

@loqutor Hence the word "mutated". We can never change the artist's intentions, only they can do that. We can only judge what it actually became, and you're right, most of it turned out whiny and shallow.

[loqutor]

@maddywoo13 A muted homage to the Blues?  Try "whininess".

[maddywoo13]

@loqutor From a critical perspective, I agree, all the "men suck" themes women artists are dishing out are redundant. Almost all of them can use a creativity shot. However from an art perspective, you're basically calling this type of music misandry when really all it is is just a mutated homage to The Blues. They can write what they want, but the difference is that the male rapper they speak of exploiting women as if they were gaudy objects for no reason. I thought we were done w/ that.

[loqutor]

@maddywoo13 But compare her popularity with that of most of the artists cited here. Then look at how much they get criticized for their hateful lyrics, and compare it with how much criticism she gets (next to none). Not to mention, she's married to Jay Z, one of the most sexist rappers out there, probably to remind herself of how awful men are.

In actuality, pretty much all music by female artists is about how much they've been hurt by the mean, nasty, cruel men.

[maddywoo13]

@loqutor One artist against a hundred others. Okay. I do believe you don't fight fire with fire, but if she is your only example, she is way too outnumbered for this comparison to be a fair match.

All of this is just stupid, self-destructing behavior and I wish people would stop being such dumbasses and stop supporting these people altogether. When people longed for the older days in music, it was for a really good reason. Stuff now is killing us as humans.

[armbar]

mhsoplbh. I was trying to type misogyny with my left hand when I was choking Kojak.

[Piritu]

I beat off to this video like 27 times.

[BlackMessiahX]

women love making themselves into objects for the right men so i dnt see the problem here

[loqutor]

@DistressSignal "If I were a boy, maybe I could understand/ How it feels to love a girl, I swear I'd be a better man."

Right there, she says that women are better than men simply because they're women.

Men have been through so much shit, you have no idea. Men are the ones who get screwed over in custody battles, men are the ones who work to support women, men are the ones who go through all the horrors of war. Just shut the fuck up, you ignoramus.

[DistressSignal]

@loqutor Ahahahaa.... WHAT lyrics exactly are so hurtful towards men in Beyonce's music? Maybe you should explain yourself.

On top of that, as if one artist who's mad at a cheating player compares to ACTUAL oppression against a gender. Men have not gone through anything in this society that women have, and they have the balls to complain or twist the debate around.