Disrespecting Women.

Disrespecting a woman is not only ethically immoral but it is also disrespecting someone’s mom, sister, wife or daughter. These days the media is full of hate, disrespect and degrading of woman. Specifically, music is one thing everyone listens to and hears on a daily basis; that is an example of where women are talked bad about and made for the public to believe they are like sex symbols. The song that I will be discussing song today which disrespects women and degrades them on many levels is “Low” by Flo Rida. Flo Rida is a hip hop, pop artist whom is very popular among teenagers today. He has many smash hits like “Low”, “Right Round” and “Sugar.” “Low “is a strong example of a song which degrades women due to the following lyrics, "she turned around and gave that big booty a smack eyy." Those lyrics are basically saying that a woman is a sex symbol who disrespects herself, so why could any one else (a man) respect her. The singer Flo Rida wants to entice you to believe that, he thinks it’s all right to talk to a women like that and he think its all right to treat a women like that. This song is artistic, cultural and social. Artistic because it’s music. He (singer, songwriter) wants us to think it’s cultural to treat women like that and have them dirty dancing. Social because the teenagers will listen to it. I think this song is very disturbing and disrespectful to all women because “Low” tries to portray an image of women doing dirty/degrading things to themselves. Flo Rida also portrays that a women is a sex symbol whom he can use anytime. Flo Rida tries to cover up the dirty meaning of the song with the tunes, beats and background voices/music. The song “Low” by Flo Rida is a disrespectful, rude song to the female race and every one should be aware that, behind the hip hop beats the fast words of the song, the meaning of the song portrays that every female is a sex symbol whom should be treated with disrespect.

Cited

Dillard,T.(2008)Low. Mail On Sunday[CD] Atlantic Records.