Discrimination Against Women in Songs
Women are still stereotyped today and often portrayed as helpless victims. Our songs represent gender stereotypically as the American White Male keeps the humankind safe from democracy as women are degraded to a second class. The stereotyping of women is seen in several areas of the media, in the lyrics to our popular songs and in our movies. Our children have become so exposed to songs and their lyrics that degrade women that many young adolescents think the song, I am a Barbie Girl is just a song sung by the Ken doll as a reflection of what Barbie’s plastic world is all about. But I have a hard time tolerating some of the sexist issues. That actually goes along with the image of Barbie in this song. This song suggests that blondes can not think for themselves. Therefore Barbie must do things like beg on her knees to get her male partner’s attention. The song states to young children that, you, as the owner of Barbie, can make her perform. “You can undress her anywhere, you can brush her hair, and you can even run your fingers through her blonde hair.“ These words send a powerful double meaning to young girls listening to this song. Young girls get the image that they too can be a, “Barbie Girl and live in this Plastic W
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Some common words found in the essay are:
World Barbie, Barbie Girl, Ken Barbie, Barbie Girls, Girl Barbie, White Male, Barbie Barbie, Barbie Youre, Barbie Ken, , image barbie, barbie girl, beg knees, plastic world, hanky panky, girl barbie, women degraded, control barbie, white male, lyrics suggest,
Approximate Word count = 820
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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