introduction

How are women represented in music videos like Robin Thicke’s 

Blurred Lines and what impact might this have on a wider 

audience?

Misogyny is undoubtedly one of the most repulsive downfalls in some parts of the music industry today. Some of the public may argue that the accumulation of sexualisation is a form of liberation; however others may regard it as regression. 'Media creates consciousness' which is why music video ‘blurred lines’ is the epitome of the sexualisation and degradation of women, this is displayed through the explicit nudity, roles and representations of females, who simply display their bodies for public consumption and have no other significant part in the course of the video. A journalist for The Guardian quoted 'to my children, singers stripping off is the norm this undeniably accentuating the desensitisation of viewer, which shapes our society. Through the justifications of theorists and academic philosophers it can be argued that there are significant damaging impacts on young male and female viewers. I will be discussing the highly controversial aspects and links of sexualised music videos and the accumulating influences to rape culture. The essay will also address and evaluate the contrast  of a historical music video ‘man it feels good to be a woman’ by Shania Twain, and how the institutional factors of the music video is substantial in the overall portrayal of women.