Gender Inequality in Music Video

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I feel that the video we watched in class on January 26th that dealt with gender inequality in music video was spot on. Almost every music video seems to have women viewed more as objects than human beings, and many of the videos are based on a masculine view. However, I do not feel that the usage of women in such a way is right. Music videos should be intended for just about any audience, but it seems as though they are always made for the enjoyment of heterosexual males. More gender-equal music videos would, more than likely, improve society by presenting a world of equality. Instead, the gender-biased videos that are put out today (especially by rap and hip-hop artists) harm society because they cause certain societal members to think in the same manner as the made-up world within the video. Also, the comparison made between the portrayal African-American's in rap/hip-hop music videos today and D. W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation was actually pretty accurate, which is sad.