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Monday, 5 October 2015

Sexism in music videos

Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Views of video:

Feminism

Feminists would look upon this video poorly for the following reasons:

  • The women are purely decorative and serve no real purpose, unlike the men who play instruments
  • The women are not appropriately dressed (things are on show), contrasting the fully dressed men
  • The males are seemingly dominant and spend the majority of the film gawking at the women
  • The male gaze invites the viewer to join in
  • The women use particularly suggestive body language


Post-Feminism
The post-feminists would think this video was great for the following reasons:

  • The women appear confident and strong
  • The women are embracing their attractiveness
  • There are particular shots (such as the woman defeating the sumo wrestler) that make the women appear stronger


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