2008 Woodie Awards
Women should be more than sex objects
Issue date: 3/5/08 Section: Editorial
Women are allowing themselves to be degraded. We have been turned into nothing more than a symbol of status, and are fine with it.
A month or so ago, anywhere you went you could hear Low by Flo-rida playing. And you would hear everyone say, "Turn it up!"
But how many people, women especially, actually know what they hearing? And do they even care?
"So sexual, she was flexible/ Professional, drinkin X and ooo /Hold up wait a minute, do I see what I think /Did I think I seen shorty get low /Ain't the same when it's up that close." Those are just a few of the lines from the song and those are not even the worse. Here are a few more, "Imma say that I prefer them with no clothes/I'm into that, I love women exposed." And this is a song that women willfully dance to. They also say that they like it.
But there is not a single reference toward women in it that is positive.
By enjoying such music, women are embracing sexual degradation. It is as if women are good for nothing more than bringing pleasure to men. Is that what we really think of ourselves?
If a man walked up to you and said anything like what you hear in most popular music you would be offended. Or maybe you wouldn't, but you should be.
And yet, we go to clubs or parties and maybe drink a little bit. We often dance to this music. Not in a fun innocent way, but in a manner that only reinforces the point.
We pretty much dance like strippers, so that men can watch us. But we don't get paid. You have seen it. Girls go to the clubs and dance to these songs in a promiscuous way, for nothing more than attention.
Maybe it makes them feel powerful for once. But women need to understand that they aren't helping themselves by supporting songs like this. You are not giving yourself any strong lasting power. You are losing respect. Do you want to be viewed as nothing more than a girl to hook up with?
When we endorse these songs, by listening or dancing to them, we lose equality and respect.
A month or so ago, anywhere you went you could hear Low by Flo-rida playing. And you would hear everyone say, "Turn it up!"
But how many people, women especially, actually know what they hearing? And do they even care?
"So sexual, she was flexible/ Professional, drinkin X and ooo /Hold up wait a minute, do I see what I think /Did I think I seen shorty get low /Ain't the same when it's up that close." Those are just a few of the lines from the song and those are not even the worse. Here are a few more, "Imma say that I prefer them with no clothes/I'm into that, I love women exposed." And this is a song that women willfully dance to. They also say that they like it.
But there is not a single reference toward women in it that is positive.
By enjoying such music, women are embracing sexual degradation. It is as if women are good for nothing more than bringing pleasure to men. Is that what we really think of ourselves?
If a man walked up to you and said anything like what you hear in most popular music you would be offended. Or maybe you wouldn't, but you should be.
And yet, we go to clubs or parties and maybe drink a little bit. We often dance to this music. Not in a fun innocent way, but in a manner that only reinforces the point.
We pretty much dance like strippers, so that men can watch us. But we don't get paid. You have seen it. Girls go to the clubs and dance to these songs in a promiscuous way, for nothing more than attention.
Maybe it makes them feel powerful for once. But women need to understand that they aren't helping themselves by supporting songs like this. You are not giving yourself any strong lasting power. You are losing respect. Do you want to be viewed as nothing more than a girl to hook up with?
When we endorse these songs, by listening or dancing to them, we lose equality and respect.
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