Monday, February 22, 2010
Major Paper 2--Proposal
To make their music more popular, rappers use women that are barely clothed in their music videos. These women are wearing bikinis most of the time, and doing things that some would not even think about doing in public. I think that these women are completely degrading themselves. They should never agree to be in these videos. By being in these videos, and doing the things that they do, they are telling young men that it is okay to expect this out of other women. My audience for this paper will be these women that are willing to put themselves out there for the music industry. I will give examples of what people think about the women in these videos, and write about what they are doing to hip-hop/rap in general. I will try to persuade these women to no longer give into being barely clothed and dancing all over guys for the world to see. Some of the things that will be addressed are; whether or not they would want their children to see them doing those things on TV, what other things they could be doing with their lives (college, starting a family, etc.), and what guys think of them. I do not believe that these women are gaining respect for being the way they are. They are making themselves look vulnerable and weak. My plan is to make the women who plan to make a living out of being in music videos think twice about their employment.
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Address the counter argument though. Do many of these women want this kind of lifestyle OR is it a way of life? Life is not a fairy tale as we see as we mature. It is not easy and it is difficult for others to rise above when they did not come from a "privileged" home. Are they products of their environment? Is this away to support their family? Their children? These may seem like outlandish examples, but it is true. Think about exotic dancers and prostitutes.
ReplyDeleteAlso, which specific demographic of women are you talking to? Women in general is a broad audience. White women? Black women? What of their ages?
You raise some really good questions. I would like to know just what encourages these women to commit their bodies to these rap industries. Do women work towards becoming female dancers in music videos? Or do they just find themselves in this position? To narrow your topic you might focus on one question that you have!
ReplyDeletevery good point. Of course my opinion on this topic may be a bit biased but i understand where you are coming from. Do you think an argument like this would persuade many of these girls to stop doing what they do? Does this sort of work pay well? Is it worth the rep that they get?
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