Female Artist Stereotypes Essay

Stereotypes

It is widely believed that female artist perpetuate sexism stereotypes. This stereotype is true mostly for female rhythm and blues artist. These stereotypes can be confirmed by several factors to include branding and marketing, song writings, lyrics, and overall mannerism and behaviors. Female artist are idols to many and continue to pass these stereotypes onto the next generation and so on. Female artist usually do these things without even realizing it but more than often they are conscious of their actions and continue to perpetuate sexist stereotypes against women.

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These artist often extend their display of sexism in a variety of ways ranging from their casualness of profanity and coarse language in verbal interviews given, magazines, written articles, reality television programs to the many social settings of celebrities. Female artist are always depicted in these media vehicles and especially in mainstream movies. Their characters are very cliché in their portrayal of sexual roles, to the revealing costumes designed for the sexiest female artist ever. The speaking roles of featured female artist in movies are also flavored with several sexual innuendos and camera close up shots of their female anatomies. Appearing in roles like these even shows support for sexism coming from female artist. An article by a feminist even talks about a female artist appearing in a sexist music video and how it shows support. The writer says “Her appearance displays her unity not with the women branded ‘pigeons,’ but with the men who label them.” (McLune 223). It is a universal belief that the way people carry themselves through both verbal and non-verbal behaviors mandate how the world perceives them. These universal perceptions especially rings true with the mannerisms and behaviors of female