Hi Dina, I enjoyed this post a great deal. As a man who is also pro womans rights and a woman's right to tell her sexual needs I find this post, and the discussion that comes with it, extremely interesting. So in her video, Rihanna, makes sexual demands and yet it is so clearly catered towards pleasing men visually. If we look past the fact that most hip-hop and rap music videos do this, I almost wonder if this was very intentional on Rihanna's part. How to you get men to listen to you? Well, as a man, I know you do something pretty provocative. This isn't always the case, but its a sure bet to work. Do you think that Rihanna did this so that she could ensure men would listen to her music and hear this message. Even if you are focusing on her body the entire time, you can't get around the lyrics which are clearly her expressing her sexual desires. Rihanna has successfully voiced your concerns (womens' sexual needs) to a large male audience (by exploiting our deepest weaknes!!!) If you ask me, in order for the world to know about womens' sexuality you might want to do it in the form of a hip-hop music video. I know it may sound demeaning, and I can understand your issues with it, but if it works, it works.
Hi Dina, I enjoyed this post a great deal. As a man who is also pro womans rights and a woman's right to tell her sexual needs I find this post, and the discussion that comes with it, extremely interesting. So in her video, Rihanna, makes sexual demands and yet it is so clearly catered towards pleasing men visually. If we look past the fact that most hip-hop and rap music videos do this, I almost wonder if this was very intentional on Rihanna's part. How to you get men to listen to you? Well, as a man, I know you do something pretty provocative. This isn't always the case, but its a sure bet to work. Do you think that Rihanna did this so that she could ensure men would listen to her music and hear this message. Even if you are focusing on her body the entire time, you can't get around the lyrics which are clearly her expressing her sexual desires. Rihanna has successfully voiced your concerns (womens' sexual needs) to a large male audience (by exploiting our deepest weaknes!!!) If you ask me, in order for the world to know about womens' sexuality you might want to do it in the form of a hip-hop music video. I know it may sound demeaning, and I can understand your issues with it, but if it works, it works.