Blog 13 Sexism in the Music Industry

In this blog i will be discussing about sexism in the music industry. I will be using some examples of music videos from artists such as Robin Thicke (Blurred Lines), Miley Cyrus (Wrecking Ball), Lilly Allen (Hard Out Here) and Jennifer Lopez (Booty).


Are Pop Videos Sexist?
Pop videos could be sexist as it always should depend on the genre and what the song it actually portraying. If a pop videos is rap and the song it about a girl then it may be sexist if the rapper is raping about the girl in a sexual way, however it may not be sexist if the rapper is rapping about her in a non sexual way. 

Women in music videos can be used as objects if the song is about being sexual. This type of idea is always used in R'n'B and rap music. In most of these two genre's there is always a group of half-naked women dancing on touching the artist even if the the artist is female. 

Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory
Laura Mulvey's previews the females are seen as an object because the male gaze always drops the women's identification. Laura Mulvey's theory also consists that women can only view themselves from a secondary perspective which is viewing themselves from a males perspective. However the appearance of women in a mainstream film texts is something very important. What is important for women in a film text is how she makes the male feel and act because she doesn't have a real importance of herself. If a male is present then that's when the female exist. There is hegemonic ideologies when the male gaze is in play. Hegemony means ruling or dominant in a political or social context. Laura Mulvey had stated that there is two roles that a female character functions.