Blurred Lines

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*Play short clip of Blurred Lines* Does anybody remember this catchy up-beat song by Robin Thicke, Pharrell and T.I? Now, does anyone remember this song for its dangerous stereotype that a man knows that women “want it”? Blurred Lines, written by Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, has proved to be a very controversial song when it first caught wind in 2013. The lyrics “I know you want” *show lyrics* stereotypes women with the idea that she is incapable of being able to decide whether she will consent to sex or not and that other people are allowed to make decisions for her. During the song, Thicke sings “I hate these blurred lines” *show lyrics* which has upset a lot of people who claim that the lines that are blurred refer to sexual consent.…show more content…
In Big Pimpin’ by Jay Z, the women dancing around him are used to represent success along with the alcohol. *play* In the lyrics of Trey Songz’s song ‘Successful’ he raps *show lyrics* “I just want the money, cars, clothes, the hoes… I just want to be successful.” which again stereotypes women as prizes that one can obtain when they become successful. There are even songs with lyrics that promote rape, such as Rick Ross’ song ‘UOENO’ *show lyrics* where he raps “Put molly all in her champagne/ She ain't even know it / I took her home and I enjoyed that/ She ain't even know it”. Rick Ross straight out says he wants to drug and rape this woman, normalising rape culture! This objectification and promotion of rape culture is detrimental to…show more content…
She knows that she has a desirable body in the eyes of beauty standards (large breasts, thin waist and a large bum) and she makes people look at her and her body because she wants to, thus taking her sexuality back and amplifying it. Beyonce also deconstructs the idea that if a woman is a sexual being she cannot be a feminist by explaining that the two are not mutually exclusive and the power in owning ones sexuality is incredible. She demonstrates this in her explicit music videos of songs like Partition and her feminist take on her song Flawless with the addition of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk ‘We Should All Be Feminists’. Other female artists, like Lorde and Janelle Monae, have proved that being overtly sexy is not the only way one can sell music. Monae has often been criticised for wearing suits and not ‘sexy attire’ like this one twitter user who ‘expressed his concerns’: *read tweet and Monae’s response* Lorde has also chosen to represent herself as a not overtly sexy person because she wants to even though she isn’t against being sexy and “people dancing around in
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