Saturday, December 3, 2011
Video Vixens
When it comes to hip hop videos I don't understand why the women are so happy to demean themselves on t.v. Maybe it is because they want to be famous and hope that being watched on t.v. will advance their careers but for the most part they end up staying in the same spot. Very few of these hip hop women end up furthering themselves in their career. I once saw a documentary based on women in hip hop and this is what most of them were saying. They ended up doing the videos and staying because they were only being offered these types of jobs and nothing else. In the beginning it can be exciting and glamorous but it almost always ended up getting worse. The women ended up being objectified just like in the videos. Because they played the part in the music videos they were treated like that outside of work. Some said they were mistreated and abused. They were absolutely compared to prostitutes as the men were compared to pimps. The men treated them all the same way pimps would treat their prostitutes. Some of the rappers were also married and having affairs with these women and these women never ended it because it meant possible connections into the music world and a sense of comfort when it came to their money. These women were called Video Vixens. This world can also be scary and compares to the pimp prostitute relationship in the same way when it comes to trying to leave. It can be a very violent world because they are sorrounded by powerful men who are always in control and can be heavily involved in illegal activities and whom don't answer to anyone. They do what they want when they want with no consequences and the video vixens are witnesses to this so if they try to leave this world they could be in real danger. I think that wanting some media attention in a demeaning way isn't worth it. You may feel good about it for a bit because you get attention but it is always the wrong kind of attention and in the long run, if you start with a bad reputation it is hard to go down the right path.
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It's sad that so many women don't see the reality of what these types of job will actually do to them in their day to day life. I don't understand how a woman can be so okay with objectifying herself in this way, or in other way such as porn, stripping etc. Some argue that they didn't have any other way of making money, but I would lean more toward the fact that the original idea of these types of jobs in much more glamourous then the reality. The attention, I believe is a huge factor in getting these women to objectify themselves in this way. For a moment they might feel beautiful, or desired but at the end of the day they were just a scantily dressed women in a video or on a stage. Its sad because once most of these women cross over into these types of careers it hard to break out of them.
ReplyDeleteDo these women not see the consequences of their actions years from now? Since when did sleeping with men in the industry constitute as hard work? It believe it is hard work that these women need to do if they want to make it in the music industry. It's also something called talent. If they don't have it, they need to be realistic about their future. It may be harsh but better now than down the road. A good example of this is Taylor Swift, in a recent 60 minutes episode it is shown that she turned down a record company because they wanted to do this exact thing to her. Exploit her as a beautiful girl and nothing more. She said no and that's what needs to happen here. My whole philosophy is that if it's meant to happen it will. If they are meant to be in the business they will be and exploiting themselves sexually will do nothing but further women's mistreatment in the business.
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