Essay plan

Introduction

· Relevant quote

· Purpose of the industry

· Ideology of the industry

· What has been the case in the past

· Why I am going to look at videos

· Importance of historical

· Introduce basic grasp of theory

Point 1

· Women being called bitches and hoes

· Where the terms originated

· The significance

· Why they are considered in such light

· Whether it is parallel with the zeitgeist

Point 2

· Female figures in the industry

· Lil Kim, Rah Diggah, Missy Elliot, Salt N Peppa, Foxy Brown, Remy Martin

· These females all reinforce these slutty ideologies being portrayed about women

· They are extremely influential because they represent themselves and are not being represented by anyone else

· Remy Martin in the ‘Lean Back’ video is a subversion of ideas as she is shown in control of her sexuality and the dominant character as she forces the man to pleasure her in a dismissive manner

· She has to adopt male qualities such as a bassy voice

Point 3

· Make it rain video, the sexual innuendoes and how this represents the attitude of the industry

· How it is unparallel with the forward movement of women in society

· Women are seen as another object or possession of the male characters, this is parallel with the industries materialistic ideology

· Women have been ‘symbolically annihilated’, Gaye Tuchman’s theory

· This could be seen as part of a male backlash

· Due to the slightly increased success of women in the industry men felt to put women back in their place

Point 4

· Historical texts such as OPP and Ain’t no half stepping

· Women are inferior in both these videos

· It is evident that this was perhaps the birth and the trigger for the future much more explicit texts

· Maybe talk about snoop Dogg being a porn star?