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Originally Posted by Russ
Do you agree that showing women beating up men in these videos is the wrong way to represent female empowerment?
And do you agree it might encourage their more impressionable fans to think it's acceptable for women to hit men?
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I am not sure if it's the correct way to show it, I honestly don't have an answer to that since I think female empowerment is not about physical attributes but should be about equal rights. However that is not a popular topic for music videos and not as visually dramatic. I certainly do not think it encourages domestic abuse.
I don't agree it makes a culture of it being acceptable to hit men anymore than the fights between James Bond and that women in Goldeneye encourages violence against women. The difference is if one side is portrayed to be a victim, and weak, while the other is dominant and strong. Even then it might be artistically justified if the actions are shown to be evil and not to be emulated (i.e domestic abuse storylines in dramas).
If in the video the men were shown to be victims and weak, then they hit them, and it glorified it, then yes I would object to that.
If they are shown be equal and fighting then it's no different in any other form of violence in the media. I think we are smart enough to separate reality from fiction.