After watching this video that had all kinds of
popular music portraying women as being very sleazy, these women had hardly
anything on and we paraded around as sex objects in the video.When young girls here and see these music
videos on a regular basis being played they start to belive that the way the
media is portraying the women in this very sexual way they start to think that
this is how women should be in order to attract the opposite. This kind of music in the media leads yound kids to belive this is the way they should dress and act. This teaches men to view women as sex objects. It also shows men its ok to be violent to women. The message that this kind of music is sending is that women don't deserve the same respect as men.
music videos are one of the most frustratingly sexist tools on in modern media. It seems like regardless of what gender the musician is, their background dancers are always ridiculous stereotypes of their genders.
Young children catch on to the lyrics of music so easily these days and hear them so often in the car or at home they can sing it on their own. Trouble is, they don't actually understand what most of the meaning is behind the music or lyrics depending on their age. Parents may not think it makes a difference because its just a song, but in my experience as a preschool teacher it makes a difference. As simple as the students walking around the classroom (3 and 4 year olds) singing "I'm sexy and I know it!" In reality it's not hurting anybody, but they're using mature terms for their age that they don't understand and isn't really appropriate. If they catch on that easily to lyrics, watching the video can't make that much of a better impact.
music videos are one of the most frustratingly sexist tools on in modern media. It seems like regardless of what gender the musician is, their background dancers are always ridiculous stereotypes of their genders.
ReplyDeleteYoung children catch on to the lyrics of music so easily these days and hear them so often in the car or at home they can sing it on their own. Trouble is, they don't actually understand what most of the meaning is behind the music or lyrics depending on their age. Parents may not think it makes a difference because its just a song, but in my experience as a preschool teacher it makes a difference. As simple as the students walking around the classroom (3 and 4 year olds) singing "I'm sexy and I know it!" In reality it's not hurting anybody, but they're using mature terms for their age that they don't understand and isn't really appropriate. If they catch on that easily to lyrics, watching the video can't make that much of a better impact.
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