Today we looked at an article on the way women are represented through the media, paying particular attention to the music video of 'Snoop Dogg - P.I.M.P'.

My response to the article:
I believe the article is correct women re represented badly in the media, making them seem powerless. Although I do still listen to hip hop music I disagree with the videos. Women are used as objects to the video, and are nearly always dressed in underwear. Often they are shown to be all over the men, but the men just shrug them off. I believe in what this article is saying and think women should not agree to be portrayed through the media like that.

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Snoop Dogg-P.I.M.P:

This arose many situations where women are shown as inferior to men. An example of this is where the men are leading the women on leads, as if they were dogs. This is a very patriarchal video. The females are used as 'objects' to the video, dressed in next to nothing. The women's eye are averted from the camera allowing the viewer a 'voyeuristic relationship'. This allows the audience to feel comfortable by watching the video. The camera angles used are low angle shots, these are used due to them allowing revealing shots of the women. It also allows the men to look down at the camera onto the audience showing their hierarchy. The video shows the idea of the 'American Dream', this includes the men having lots of money. It does not show the less glamorous side to the 'dream'.