Music and Gender

     I have never really thought about connecting music and gender together, but there really are some things to be said about it. Personally, I have not experienced music and gender conflicts, so instead, I will be discussing the music industry for women as a whole. The way the music industry advertises women and the way women have to make it is very different from the male music industry. Many women have to show their body, promote sexuality, or be someone's crazy ex. 

    Many famous rappers or singers have gotten to the top and stayed there by different ways of advertising. Most females have to showcase their bodies as a way to market their music. Granted, some women are just expressing their sexuality and are showing they are not ashamed. 

Listen to Taylor Swift talk about her take on the music industry for women and her own personal experiences. 

I would like for you to notice as she ages so do the outfits she puts on to perform. Each video clip shows a more revealing article of clothing, which in my opinion is her grasping to hold on to that claim of fame. 

In this next video, during an interview with a couple popular female artists, they touch a bit on social media. Social media for women in the music industry is honestly tragic. As Taylor Swift mentions in the video, it is hard to write about what they truly want in fear the public takes it too far on social media platforms. She also feared getting too personal or emotional due to the popular belief that women are overly dramatic and emotional. It is sad to hear this knowing all they want is to live out their dream, but with how society views women it can be difficult. 

In this video Youtuber, Sholayy, expresses her opinions on the over-sexualization of women in the music industry. She touches on how the Rap/ Hip Hop industry has changed and specifically for women. Popular rappers like, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj have to sexualize their bodies to make top hits. It has become a trend over the past couple of decades and will probably not stop in the near future. The economy is ruled by men and will always be ruled by men, so sex will always be a trend. She mentions in her video how no one liked to hear from the laid-back female rappers or singers. But you will see women on the covers of magazines for their music and only see extremely revealing clothing. 

Now I want to insert a couple of magazine covers featuring female artists. 

          

When a female does not want to show her body and make her music simply about her music, everyone starts obsessing about what her body looks like. One prime example is Billie Eilish. 

With Billie it has always been a major obsession with what she is wearing or if someone can sneak a pic of her "real body".