Objectification Of Women Essay
The topic of our group was how woman are objectified in the music industry and of which genre portrayed the most significant ratio of degraded women through the lyrics and music videos. In these scholarly articles, all stated it has been found that women have been sexualized in nearly every genre, however, it occurs most frequently in the Rap genre.
The first article is about how women are perceived and how different factors interrupt men’s perception of women when it come to dating- relevant cues. In the article, a group of young adults were tested on non verbal cues based on many factors such as the woman’s physical appearance. The results of the experiment correlates to our group project due to men’s outlook of women being greatly impacted by non verbal cues. These non verbal cues are heightened by “Influence of Sexually Degrading Music on Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Dating-Relevant Cues Influence of Sexually Degrading Music on Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Dating-Relevant Cues.” Furthermore, the music industry influences men’s perception of women through non verbal cues that demonstrate the objectification of women.
Additionally, the second article displays the focuses of the country music genre, and how gender roles are viewed with the …show more content…
Billboard songs in each category from 2009 to 2013. Using objectification theory, we assessed the inclusion of body objectification, gaze, and attractiveness themes in music lyrics, genre and gender differences in the prevalence of objectification, and self-objectification.” This article demonstrated not only the objectification of women by men, but also women's own self-objectification. This article provided an outlook on who controls the music industry and what it takes to survive in
The first article is about how women are perceived and how different factors interrupt men’s perception of women when it come to dating- relevant cues. In the article, a group of young adults were tested on non verbal cues based on many factors such as the woman’s physical appearance. The results of the experiment correlates to our group project due to men’s outlook of women being greatly impacted by non verbal cues. These non verbal cues are heightened by “Influence of Sexually Degrading Music on Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Dating-Relevant Cues Influence of Sexually Degrading Music on Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Dating-Relevant Cues.” Furthermore, the music industry influences men’s perception of women through non verbal cues that demonstrate the objectification of women.
Additionally, the second article displays the focuses of the country music genre, and how gender roles are viewed with the …show more content…
Billboard songs in each category from 2009 to 2013. Using objectification theory, we assessed the inclusion of body objectification, gaze, and attractiveness themes in music lyrics, genre and gender differences in the prevalence of objectification, and self-objectification.” This article demonstrated not only the objectification of women by men, but also women's own self-objectification. This article provided an outlook on who controls the music industry and what it takes to survive in