The struggle for power between the two genders has been a contentious issue in many societies for decades. The world is a place that is large enough to fit approximately 7.5 billion people of both female and male genders; however, it has always been a challenge between the two of who can lead the world better. Man or Woman? Living in a world where equality is highly demanded by the latter, women are still fighting the oppression of male dominance. Hence, I chose to compare and contrast James Brown’s song titled “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” (1966) and Beyoncé Knowles’s song “Run the world (Girls)” (2011). Both songs have slightly similar messages. They both state the significance of a woman in the world, but from a different perspective of each gender.
To most people James Brown’s title of the song could come across as sexist, but lyrically, he did not forget to credit the women. With a very strong tone indicating the necessity of a woman in a man’s world, he sings, “This is a man's world, this is a man's world / But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” While this may appear to promote a somewhat feminist view, Brown could be stating that it is a man’s world, but women’s main existence is to fulfil a man’s needs both mentally and physically.
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She declares that she is singing for all the independent women that are contributing positively to the society. Knowles also specifically recognizes the women who are contributing to society by completing their post-secondary education. Education adds heavily to the women’s movement as it empowers and increases women’s role as productive members of society, which then allows more opportunities for future
Good morning Mrs Dover and 8D. I have chosen to analyse the film clip “black fella, white fella” by the Warumpi band, and have determined that the song and associated images is partially successful in communicating aboriginal values, such as culture, land and family. The lyrics include the language features repetition, alliteration and rhetorical questions to deliver a message of reconciliation and equality. These features are also supported by visual imagery that is intended to support the ideas within the song.
“Fire away. Take your best shot, show me what you got. Honey I’m not afraid (Chris, Lines 4-5)…” Strength, love, heartache, all words that many people can identify with, but what about mental illness, depression, and suicide. These words are those that humans avoid, pretend they are not there, but in reality those three words effect many more people that was ever thought possible. Over 18.2% of United States citizens suffer from a mental illness (Depression), 6.7% of United States citizens suffer from depression (Depression), and each year in the United States there are on average 42,773 deaths by suicide (American). Now, many people can relate to the words love and heartbreak, but many more can identify with the three words that the world
Males have always fiddled with the lives of women for years, they play it well and society is the audience asking for an encore, it is society that says it’s okay. They take advantage of their circumstances and the other gender has to endure the harsh results from that. Janie, a black woman in Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God and Edna, a white woman in Chopin’s “The Awakening” live in two
Band members: Ron Carter (bass), Ali Shaheed Muhammad (DJ), Phife Dawg (vocals), Q-Tip (vocals), Busta Rhymes (vocals), Charlie Brown (vocals), Diamond D (vocals), Dinco D (vocals), Lord Jamar (vocals), Sadat X (vocals), Bryan Higgins (vocals), and James Jackson (vocals).
Cyndi Lauper’s music has had an influence on women in the 80s. Through it, she showed women that it is ok to be themselves. In her first number one song, she was able to show that girls can just have fun being themselves without having men or boys around. In another one of her most famous songs, she told women that “Girls just wanna have fun” (“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”). In this song she spoke to her father about having fun with self confidence and not relying on boys. In fact, according to one article, “ Lauper’s success is the culmination of years of hard work and sacrifice” (Cyndi Lauper). She never gave up on her dream. The fact that she was so successful in music, gave women the will be strong. Sometimes people would tell her to give up, but she would not give up and this made her work harder for her dream to become success. In his article about her, Kurt Loder wrote about Lauper in the Rolling Stones: “A wild and wonderful skyrocket of a voice Lauper's extraordinary pipes connect with the right material, there sults sounds like the beginning of a whole new golden age.” T...
Over and over again critics write about Nina Simone’s power and charisma throughout the Civil Rights Movement. She sang the words of an entire movement, “All I want is equality/ for my sister, my brother, my people, and me./ Yes, you lied to me all these years”(Simone Mississippi). She sang out for her entire race, and with a “smoky- toned” voice, when four young girls were killed in a church bombing (Lewis). She sang “Will my country fall, stand or fall?/ Is it too late for us all?/ And did Martin Luther King just die in vain? (Simone Why?) after the death of MLK. Nina Simone… a singer with many different voices, a singer who denies categorization, a woman who is genre-less to prove a point.
James Brown was undoubtedly one of the biggest figures of funk music and his music’s subject matter was just as broad and diverse as funk music itself. Yet, one recurring theme was that of hypermasculinity and misogyny. As E. Taylor Atkins points out:
“We gone be alright.” On July 28, 2015, a large group of activists repeatedly chanted these four words during a police harassment protest at Cleveland State University. This chant was inspired by the eponymous song from Kendrick Lamar’s album To Pimp a Butterfly, and this is not really a surprise. In 2015 To Pimp a Butterfly grew to be the successor of the great hip-hop albums from the late eighties and early nineties, an era in which iconic artists like Tupac Shakur and Niggaz Wit Attitudes crafted politically charged songs that moved a nation. In this essay I will argue that Kendrick Lamar’s album To Pimp a Butterfly has become a musical landmark in America’s struggle for racial equality. It fulfills an important political role by addressing
Drake releases the second song targeting the rapper Meek Mill, July 29th, just four days after releasing his new single, “Charged Up.” The name of the second diss song is called , “Back To Back,” and it refers to this song as drakes second diss track in the same week, as well as winning back to back championships in baseball. The release date of this song was no mistake, because the Phillies and Blue Jays had a championship game that same night (July 29th, 2015). Poetically, the Blue Jays defeated the Phillies, 8-2. The song cover shows Joe Carter, of Drake’s hometown team the Toronto Blue Jays, after he hit the home run which ultimately gave them the championship in the World Series of 1933 against Meek Mill’s hometown team, the Philadelphia
It has been played in many other countries and is listed in many major hit charts in those countries. It became one of her best-selling singles. Beyoncé has been singing about women’s independence since she was in the hit group “Destiny’s Child”. Many of her songs support women’s lifestyle and keep cheering up girls with her powerful and expressive vocals (Armstrong). In addition to her songs and lyrics, her beautiful appearance fascinates many female audiences and influences from teenagers to grown-ups as if she was a role model. A negative side of the video is that the video gives the impression that men are always to be blamed and women are always “victims” of the relationships, which is not
Prior to the 1970s when the theme of gender issues was still quite foreign, the societal norm forced female conformity to male determined standards because “this is a man’s world” (Kerr 406). The patriarchal society painted the image of both men and women accordingly to man’s approach of societal standards that include the defining features of manhood that consist of “gentil...
Throughout time, there have been certain influential individuals that have dominated their age and have forever marked that era with their name. Among them are Cleopatra, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth, and Nefertiti, with many others. One thing these leaders have in common is their gender: they are all females. In this day and age, it’s a rarity to come across strong, powerful women who have been allowed the opportunity to be powerful. It begs the question, if these women were alive today, would they have the same chance to change the world as they did? However, it’s not only the powerful who feel the sting of sexism, because the misogyny in today’s society affects each and every woman, of every color, age, and shape. The most important lesson to learn for the cultural and societal growth of people is to understand the causes and affects behind anti-feminism. Sexism takes many forms, yet it can be broken down into three main parts: the portrayal of women in media, the oppression of women in society, and the boundaries of women through laws.
Adichie was born in Nigeria and is most known for giving a TEDxTalk in 2013 about modern feminism. After the overwhelming success of the talk, such as having millions of views on YouTube and being featured in the song “Flawless” by Beyoncé, she decided to publish the speech into an expanded essay named “We Should All Be Feminists.” In this essay, Adichie talks about her life and encounters of sexism from a young age, especially her introduction to the word “feminist” occurring at fourteen. She is having a normal day, playing and arguing with her friend Okoloma, until he “harmlessly” quips, “`You know, you’re a feminist’” (8), which in Nigeria, is not a compliment. She also spends a third of the essay addressing the fact all negativity towards gender inequality has the same root: unwavering tradition. She questions, “What if, in raising our children, we (the parents) focus on ability instead of gender… interest instead of gender” (36)? Simply, if negativity towards the opposite sex is eradicated in a new generation, there will be no more inequality to worry about. She also parallels Wollstonecraft in commenting on the fascinating diversity of males and females. She claims that if men are undeniably strong physically, women should be held in the same
Women have long struggled to make their place in America be an accepted one of equality in position and pay. While some women are content to be hardworking wives and mothers of the home, others strive for a distant point with which to have a voice in what some consider as a man’s world. Across the world, many countries are a patriarchy-in which the male is the figurehead of a position in society. Different cultures, religions, and beliefs struggle against the rising desires of women to become successful leaders. Some women struggle for education to lead into corporate business, and others women are thrust into this position upon circumstance. Women just want to be heard and recognized for their place in life. Centuries ago women were to be quiet, unassuming, and dominated in society. As the views of humanity have changed, the views toward women have changed.
The lyrics of music play an important part of interpreting the meaning of the song. The roles which women have been allowed by the society to embody have changed drastically. Women may question their roles because of what they see portrayed by popular culture or media. Change in female’s identity can be seen in how women are viewed or how they portray themselves in popular culture specifically through music. In general, music continues to...