Thoughts on Gender: This video is from one of my favorite young feminists from Feminist Frequency, Anita Sarkeesian. Check out the rest of her videos on the portrayal of women and girls in movies, videos, and society in general. In this video she gives a great definition of misogyny and how it applies to Kaye West’s ‘Monster’, as it represents women as dead and fragmented corpses for the pleasure of men. In other words, that’s how the video claims men like their women: dead and in parts, but all dolled up in spiked heels and lingerie. Inappropriate, misogynistic, and repulsive, and yet he is given air time, fame, and money. And no consequences. Then we want to know why boys as young as thirteen rape girls as young as eight and eleven. Because they don’t see these girls as having value, life, meaning — just fragmented body parts than can appease their pleasure and make them feel powerful.
How about you? Can you cite any references (movies, ads, cartoons, etc.) that present the female form as fetishistic and fragmented?
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Not really about fragmented women, misogynistic nonetheless “Used to Love Her” by Guns N Roses, “I Love the Dead” by Alice Cooper.
Hey there, Lori! Will check them out. Thanks for coming by and checking in.
This all makes me wonder about what mothers are teaching their sons and daughters. Culture is a huge, huge influence — I have an interesting post about that very thing coming.
But I think a big issue lies with adult women being unable to place sexuality in a strong, responsible and proper place. We need to set this example for daughters.
With so many grown women (at least appearing in the media) trying to be youthful and sexually competitive creates an unhealthy example for boys and how they perceive women. It’s a sign of our own collective immaturity — and is a responsibility modern women and moms must take on.
Women tend to embrace roles that are either non-sexual mothers or over-sexed cougars. Neither sets a very good example for our kids.
Kanye and so many other artists out there are a reflection of us. We need to see them like a mirror. There is alot of work still to be done but I think it needs to be done in a different way.
Hey Heather, I just brought up the same thing at The New Agenda. I think we need to be more aggressive towards the media and how it represents women, and writing about it isn’t powerful enough to shift the discourse. I think we need to go back to boycotting and sit downs and picketing to be heard and to change. Until we hurt their pockets, nothing will change.
Maybe we should protest carrying pieces of male cadaver instead of signs?
In this analysis not a word about racism??
You’re right, Alfonso, but my interest is all-inclusive of women — gender-based rather than racial. I don’t feel that discussing race is my place…but definitely something I am going to consider. Thank you for pointing it out.
This is crazy. Do you think it’s right for guys to feel this way towards women?
But, apparently this is not how most people think?