Sexualisation of Women

How Women Are Sexualised 

I've decided to base my research essay on the way women are sexualised in the music industry! I've been reading many books about how women are objectified and viewed within the industry. Mostly, I've been watching documentaries and reading articles. Here are a few samples of my research so far. 

This video was short documentary about how women are treated in the general music industry. I would like to focus my research on a more specific music genre. I think that R&B and Hip-hop are probably the most interesting routes for me to go down. 

An interesting quote I heard in this video mentioned that "Brittany...is sending a message that is okay for women to be objected and submissive". 

Another interesting resource I found was from the Guardian on-line. It was an article based on sexual content in the media. 

One of the images used had this note beside:

The singer Rihanna has faced criticism from parents' groups for her music video in which she shoots someone who raped her. Photograph: Joe Stevens/Retna Ltd/Corbis

I could use specific artists in my essay as part of my analysis. However, I'd like to focus on the topic more than artists. I will use few named artists but probably not very recent ones. 

Here's an interesting paragraph from the Guardian article about parents worry over sexual content in the media. 

"Findings from a survey conducted for the Bailey review show that:

• Two-thirds of parents had come across clothes, toys, games, music videos or other products that they thought were inappropriate for the age group they were aimed at.

• 40% of parents said they had seen things in public places (shop window displays, advertising hoardings) that they felt were inappropriate for children to see because of their sexual content.

• 41% of parents said they had seen programmes or adverts on TV before 9pm that they felt were unsuitable or inappropriate for children because of their sexual content.

• Of those parents who had felt the need to complain about these issues but hadn't, over 60% said that they had not done so either because they didn't think anything would be done or they didn't know who to complain to.

• Around half of parents felt that celebrity culture, adult style clothes and music videos are encouraging children to act older than they are.

Bailey has previously said: "For us to let children be children, we need to let parents be parents. That means giving parents the support and encouragement they need to help their children understand and resist the harms they face.

"But it also means putting brakes on ever greater commercialisation and sexualisation facing children in modern society. Only then can we look to create a truly family friendly society that protects children."

including statistics in my essay may also come in handy in terms of proving factual information or supporting a statement from other sources.