Critique #4: Video games or Music

Choice 2: Music

Many music videos today, this one included sexualizes women and makes them look like objects. The  women have no lyrics or actions, they honestly are just placed in the video to help enhance the male leaders "reputation". There are many things wrong with these music videos. First of all most women in these videos are wearing little to no clothing and are again portraying society's ideal image of beauty. This can be related to the quote “...The image isn’t real; it’s artificial, it’s constructed.” This quote is true even in music videos, these women are altered and edited. They do not always look so flawless, they have loads of makeup to help them fit into societal beauty "norm". Second, these videos constantly promote the same images. They show a successful male figure in a wealthy car or boat, wearing designer clothing, with women who are beautiful and half naked. These women act like their counter parts, they are not presented as people. This relates to the quote “...turning  a human being into a thing is almost always the first step toward justifying violence against that person.” This quote clearly exemplifies how women are constantly treated like objects and counter parts, which does nothing but hurt their confidence and allow men to believe this idea is okay, which it is not! We need to think critically watching these videos because many people view these music videos growing up, and then they constantly compare themselves to these women and get this image of them acting like objects in their head, this is a toxic environment created. Not only do the videos create this sad image but the lyrics also present many degrading and dehumanizing ideas about women.