Earlier this morning I attended my Women's Studies class. It was constructed very differently then most classes, but it was actually pretty fun. We learned about bianaries, which was a new word to me. They are defined as a way of structuring the world in term, ideas, identities, or structures as 2 factors defined in opposition to eachother. In a simpler way, males are shown in one light and females in another. I found it so interesting how my professor tied the media into this lesson. She played 3 different songs that we all know and probaly love. But next, broke them down and we focused on how women are REALLY being portrayed by males, and themselfs. By just reading the lyrics from each song you can see the heirarchy created which is extremely negative towards woman.
1. Big Pimpin' by Jay-Z "you know I thug em, fuck em, love em, leave em, cause I don't fuckin need em"
2. Slave 4 U by Britney Spears "I'm a slave for you, I won't deny it, I'm not tryna hide it"
3. My humps by Fergie "I'm gonna get you drunk, get you love drunk off my hump"
We all have heard these songs, I myself am guilty of liking the beat. I never picked these songs apart but if I had sooner I would have seen and realized how women are subconciously degraded. I do feel that for many years it was NOT okay for women to act in this manner, so now the towel has been thrown in and
their are no rules. Women now refer to themselfs as "cunts" in their lyrics because it would NEVER be acceptable years ago. It's a rebellion. It's chaos. These artists have audiences of all ages, and to the younger male listening he hears Jay-Z's song and probaly thinks to himself, more women = Pimpin. All of a sudden because Jay-Z lost sight of the real definition of a pimp (agent for prostitutes that collects some of their money) his audience did too.
2. Slave 4 U by Britney Spears "I'm a slave for you, I won't deny it, I'm not tryna hide it"
3. My humps by Fergie "I'm gonna get you drunk, get you love drunk off my hump"
We all have heard these songs, I myself am guilty of liking the beat. I never picked these songs apart but if I had sooner I would have seen and realized how women are subconciously degraded. I do feel that for many years it was NOT okay for women to act in this manner, so now the towel has been thrown in and
their are no rules. Women now refer to themselfs as "cunts" in their lyrics because it would NEVER be acceptable years ago. It's a rebellion. It's chaos. These artists have audiences of all ages, and to the younger male listening he hears Jay-Z's song and probaly thinks to himself, more women = Pimpin. All of a sudden because Jay-Z lost sight of the real definition of a pimp (agent for prostitutes that collects some of their money) his audience did too. 
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