The idea of sexism within pop music comes primarily within the idea of objectification, in which can be primarily be criticised because of the way how the way music videos are often recorded and made, in which is to show women in a more sexual way, provocative and may raise a set of questions in which would make the audience wonder if it is allowing women to be free or is it exploiting their bodies to attract their audience.
Male Gaze: Laura Mulvey is a feminist critic who has introduced the theory of the Male Gaze, in is the way in which a women is portrayed in a masculine perspective and that the women are passive to the active gaze and that Laura has also coined up the term scopophilia, the pleasure derived from people looking at the individual.
The song in which has garnered a lot of controversy was with the song Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke, where the song's lyrics has suggested the idea of rape, that even though the woman may say no, he is saying that they are saying yes, they are accepting it, even though it is clear that they are rejecting it.
Moreover, the other music video in which was created by Miley Cyrus, "Wrecking Ball". It showed Miley in as much perspective as possible. From licking a sledgehammer(Why?), to riding a wrecking ball while it is swinging, the video is to show her more risque side to her, changing her image entirely from her childhood style being Hannah Montana, someone who was looked up to.
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