Sexy? Or Sexist?

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These Music Videos are:

Sexy, Sexist, and the Women are Sluts	0%	[ 0 ]
Sexy, Sexist, and the Women are Sluts	0%	[ 0 ]
Sexy and Sexist, but the Women are NOT Sluts	10%	[ 2 ]
Sexy and Sexist, but the Women are NOT Sluts	15%	[ 3 ]
Sexy, but not Sexist, and the Women are Sluts	0%	[ 0 ]
Sexy, but not Sexist, and the Women are Sluts	5%	[ 1 ]
Sexy, but not Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts	15%	[ 3 ]
Sexy, but not Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts	15%	[ 3 ]
Not Sexy, but they are Sexist, and the Women are Sluts	0%	[ 0 ]
Not Sexy, but they are Sexist, and the Women are Sluts	5%	[ 1 ]
Not Sexy, but they are Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts	5%	[ 1 ]
Not Sexy, but they are Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts	15%	[ 3 ]
Neither Sexy nor Sexist, but the Women are Sluts	0%	[ 0 ]
Neither Sexy nor Sexist, but the Women are Sluts	0%	[ 0 ]
Neither Sexy nor Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts	5%	[ 1 ]
Neither Sexy nor Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts	10%	[ 2 ]

Total votes : 20

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26 Feb 2014, 7:52 pm

I was watching Watchmojo's video Top 10 Sexiest Music Videos (no surprises there)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lytzFvAfRRk[/youtube]

In the comments section, you see Feminist statements like

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How come there weren't any males exposing flesh and being the object of our sexual desires? Oh yeah...because women are the only kind off sex that sells, riiiight. Like I don't care if ya'll breats are hanging out, but the way these women were displayed..it insulted me. Not that a woman havn't got the right to dance sexy and dress sexy, for Gods sake..do what ever the hell you want. But you can't deny that this was sexist as f**k.

These videos pissed me off...Blurred lines nearly made me throw my computer out the window. Has no one heard of RAPE CULTURE? No?

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They got the title wrong. It should have been top ten sexist videos of all time. Apparently the only videos that are sexy are fantasies produced for heterosexual male consumption. The sign of a female teen star "maturing" is that she sells out and uses her body to sell crappy, generic music. Then of course there is the rape culture promoting "Blurred Lines." How anyone sees that as more than a man boy fantasizing that he knows what a woman wants better than she does ( "I know you want it" - the stereotypical line guys use just before they rape a girl) is beyond me.

So, are these videos "sexist?'

Definition of Sexism wrote:

n.
1. Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women.
2. Attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping of social roles based on gender.

I don't think that these videos discriminated against women--indeed, they provided employment for women.

They could, however, be construed as "promoting stereotyping of social roles based on gender": i.e., sexy women cause heterosexual males to experience sexual arousal. Which is how things generally work in real life, anyway.

"Rape Culture" is mentioned. Which must mean that the females in the music videos are Rape Culture sluts, who merit public shaming.

So, what say ye? Are these videos sexist? Are they even sexy? Are the women Rape Culture sluts, and we are naughty for watching them?

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26 Feb 2014, 8:44 pm

I think the list is sexy but sexist because they mostly show womens bodies.

Like what about something like Red Hot chilli Peppers could have made the list.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_uHJPUlO8[/youtube]

Male rocks stars have usually performed shirtless. It's a disgrace that females music stars have not performed topless.

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26 Feb 2014, 8:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq19HUdFo54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c7-nHHZ86o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_yTLuoD5GY

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26 Feb 2014, 9:46 pm

I think this one objectifies men too.

Kyle Minogue - Slow

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27 Feb 2014, 8:51 am

Ann2011 wrote:

I think this one objectifies men too.

Kyle Minogue - Slow

I knew that the first lady to post would automatically invoke the O-word. Which confuses me to no end.

Do you mean to say that this video is objectionable to men? That we consider the men in the video to be sluts? And, that we are offended that women experience sexual arousal while watching this video?

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27 Feb 2014, 10:15 am

These women are where they are out of their own free will, ergo, the music videos are not sexist. There are plenty of times where you see 50 Cent shirtless as well (and to be honest, it takes a lot more work for a man to get a body like him, than it takes a woman to get a body like Britney Spears); it doesn't mean that his music videos are sexist.

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27 Feb 2014, 10:29 am

Kurgan wrote:

and to be honest, it takes a lot more work for a man to get a body like him, than it takes a woman to get a body like Britney Spears

Well, that's true. All that a woman has to do is avoid American fast food, junk food, and soda pop and she is fine. For a man, he would be "too skinny." Pumping up the muscles requires a lot of effort.

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27 Feb 2014, 4:00 pm

:roll:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q3fHxi2R5c[/youtube]

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27 Feb 2014, 4:32 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:

Do you mean to say that this video is objectionable to men? That we consider the men in the video to be sluts? And, that we are offended that women experience sexual arousal while watching this video?

Is it? I wondered. Personally I don't find it arousing - they are a little too pretty.

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27 Feb 2014, 4:47 pm

So in what sense does it objectify men?

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27 Feb 2014, 8:01 pm

Because they become more objects than people - like a representation of a form rather than an individual.

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27 Feb 2014, 9:45 pm

Ah, very good.

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28 Feb 2014, 5:34 am

I clicked on Sexy, but not Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts .

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28 Feb 2014, 7:18 am

I wonder why some people consider the material to be sexist, and the women participating in it not to be sluts? Maybe traitors to Feminism would have been a better term?

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16 Jun 2014, 2:08 pm

babybird wrote:

I clicked on Sexy, but not Sexist, and the Women are NOT Sluts .

So did i .

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16 Jun 2014, 11:51 pm

I say they are manipulative. Music should speak for itself. People who use images like these to vizualize their music don't believe in their own talent. Videos like these turn me off from the song's

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