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How women are portrayed in Hip-hop and RnB

A female is usually referred to as a ‘chic’ and is seen as people who are not capable of accomplishing things men are capable of, a woman is seen as a weak person someone whose opinion does not matter in the ‘real’ world. They are viewed as those who should be in the house to take care of household issues, the mothers of the household. Women are also seen as sex toys. In song, girls are usually referred to as those who the guy wants to get in bed, be their wife. The females refer also refer to the themselves as those who want Most hip-hop and rap artiste show women in their videos half naked or even naked. They usually just need them in the videos for sex and nothing else.

In this video, Lil Wayne wakes up to a bed full of women, just goes to show that they were to be played with and he goes on to the next one. Lil Wayne leaves the girls and goes to sit with another girl. In the kitchen we see two girls cooking for Gudda Gudda skimpy dresses. Gudda leaves the girls and goes to another girl this vexes another girl. The girls in the kitchen finish cooking and serve Gudda. The female rapper Nikki with her lyrics tells us that she wants to have sex with this a guy. The woman herself has accepted that that is her role in the society. Drake is dressed like a classy gentleman he goes to the shower and he finds two girls waiting for him. Tyga wakes up with one girl although its one he goes on to take pictures of her as she seduces him. The video describes women as a person who serves and pleases.

In this video the girls wake up not knowing what happened the night before. As the video goes on you will see find the reason. The girls in this video were here for the main reason of sex toys: objects to be used and forgotten. After Ludacris and Trey Songz leave the gambling table they hit the bar. After a little small talk the girls are already all over them. The guys have gotten what they want and they take them to the ‘sex room’ so that the women can perform their function. The next morning they wake up not aware of what happened Ludacris thanks them and leaves probably to never see them again. In this video the woman are there to be sexed. Trey Songz is know for his lyrical content and his music videos he always sings about how he wants a woman in his bed, and how he wants to have sex with her, and how she has given him a good time in bed.

This next video tells you a story of how exactly women are seen the artistes just want to have sex with them nothing else no matter who the woman is. Her only function in their society is to be a sex toy. So the male specie can get pleasure. Nothing else is referred; how a woman is smart, how is equal to him. The chorus clearly states ‘I wish I could fuck every girl in the world’. To them a woman is not seen as an equal to the man and her role in the society is to be fucked.

Female musicians of today show of almost everything, this is because if they had video's that did not have any sexual content they would probably would not have been watched. Take Kelly Rowland's Song Motivation the video shoes her dresses in in really skimpy clothes and boys all over her caressing her body. The choreography does just screams 'sex'.

In popular culture, most of the hip hop music videos have one and only one way of showing girls and that’s just wrong, they are always have sexual content. The women are never really expressed as ‘intelligent’ women people who are not used as tools for pleasure. Some of the female artistes even accept that as their identity and end up showing them selves as sex objects always looking sexy. Its like they have accepted the norm of the society. All listed above clearly show how women are seen in the world of Hip-Hop and RnB. Women should not be treated like that I strongly believe that the should be show some respect and not treated as one to be used for pleasure and pleasure alone.

“Every Girl- Young money."YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 22^nd Nov 2009. Web. 20 Sept. 2011<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzq2HQ2YRs

“Motivation- Kelly Rowland ft. Lil wayne." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 5^th April 2011. Web. 20 Sept. 2011

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“Bedrock- Young money ft Lloyd.” YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 16^th Dec 2009. Web. 20 Sept. 2011< http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha80ZaecGkQ&ob=av3e>

“Sex Room- Ludacris ft Trey Songz.” YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 9^th June 2010. Web. 20 Sept. 2011<;

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