![]() Twerking makes them feel strong, sexy and in control, and if we’re referencing the young woman featured at the tail-end of the video, twerking makes them that schmoney. The only people they were doing it for in this particular instance was themselves. Maybe this is a bit presumptuous, but why not go out on a limb to say that the City Girls and Cardi B don’t give a f**k if you like them twerking or not, because they’re not doing it for you, or their partners, or anyone else for that matter. ![]() We’re so used to misogyny and degradation that when we see an appreciation of the female form in society, there are difficulties distinguishing between liberation and devaluation. The Slut Walk, which calls for the end of rape culture, victim blaming and slut-shaming, is often questioned due to the in-your-face title of the annual event. The same sentiment shared can be applied not only to “Twerk,” but to examples outside of hip-hop. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way boys are… we police girls.” As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie notes in her popular essay We Should All Be Feminists, (which is sampled in Beyonce’s “***Flawless”), “We raise girls to see each other as competitors… for the attention of men. However, it highlights a more prevalent issue in society: women are unable to express themselves and enjoy their sexuality because it makes others uncomfortable. It’s simple to blame hip-hop for these issues, as the genre’s videos serve as documented moments of misogyny at work. ![]() So Stephanie chime in.If I twerk and be half naked does that mean I deserve to get raped and molested ? I want to know what a conservative woman like you thinks □ do w.e I want and that NO still means NO. It says to women that I can wear and not wear what ever I want. Granted, the women involved in videos like “Tip Drill,” “I Wanna Rock” and “Make It Nasty” were willing participants in the misogyny, but does that mean that it’s right to strip them down for a video recording, slap their bottoms or squeeze their breasts? Anyone who compared “Twerk” and “Tip Drill” may also have difficulties distinguishing the colors orange and peach. There’s a stark difference between playing into the male gaze through sexual actions, and performing sexual actions solely for the male gaze and the men involved. As Cardi B wrote on Twitter when asked if “Twerk” sends the right message in this touchy Me Too-era, “I can wear and not wear whatever I want. As humans, we are multifaceted and have a right to be able to express all parts of ourselves, even the parts some people view as taboo, such as sexuality. They act as both the MC and the video vixen simultaneously, reclaiming their power through their visual sexuality, and then keeping up with the Joneses by delivering the bars.Ĭlose-minded individuals may view these women in a certain light for dressing or behaving the way that they do, however, it is their right as women to choose what they want to do with their bodies. Many female rappers throughout the years (City Girls, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Lil Kim, to name a few) have taken it a step further. ![]() While some members of society see women as sexually-subordinate, it’s certainly a breath of fresh air to view women reveling in their own sexuality and having complete autonomy over their bodies, especially in hip-hop. tfG01tus8j - Third Lawson January 17, 2019 This right here…couldn’t even make it on the Tip Drill video set. Look…millennials…“Twerk” can’t hold a candle to “Tip Drill” Without any men viewing them twerking and pole-dancing nearly-nude, they’re able to feel comfortable with themselves, proclaiming that “this sh*t is for us” and us alone, even without the words to say it.įor those debating. The lack of a male presence in these videos make it a girls-only club, and with good reason. Additionally, Cardi B’s “ Money” video doesn’t feature men either only in the scenes featuring the Bronx rapper in a museum of her finest outfits do they appear, and one could argue that they were viewing her as a work of art, not as a piece of meat. In “Twerk,” the women are scantily-clad as well, however, they’re scantily-clad on their own watch as previously stated, there are no men highlighted. ![]() At more points than one, oral sex is simulated. The video for Uncle Luke’s ‘90s hit “ I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo Brown)” features women stripping on stage during a concert as the 2 Live Crew member yells “Show that coochie, baby/Take it off, Take it off.” A video from this century, Tyga’s “ Make It Nasty,” depicts the Los Angeles-bred MC aloofly viewing scantily-clad young women press their breasts and bottoms toward the camera and him. ![]()
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