The New Sexy
The "Video Vixen" is the typical over sexualized image of black women portrayed in the media. This type of black women is viewed as a sexual object and submissive to the men they dance in videos for. In the video above Round of Applause" you can see women with little to no clothing on dancing for a couple dollar bills. The over sexualized woman has become a PG-13 version of a stripper. The only difference between a stripper and the women that dance in these videos are that the women get to keep their fabrics on. But they are still spinning around on poles and getting very personal with the men watching in lust. It is not only the way these women represent themselves in the videos it is the meaning behind the words. For example, in the video the rapper Waka Flocka Flame has lyrics such as "Corner stacks omg smh when I'm them stage pourin rose all on her ass, Round of a applause baby pop that pussy drop it down for me do a split" The lyrics to these raps songs that women dance to are very degrading and demanding and portray an unhealthy relationship between male and female. Despite all the negativity surrounding "video vixens" there are more and more women interested in that line of work because the women who do it glorify it with all the money, jewelry, clothes, and most importantly attention they receive from doing so.
(http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/wakaflockaflame/roundofapplause.html; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Z3KUOrhS0)
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