Presentation

Performing Gender: A Content analysis of gender display in music videos.

This article investigated the differences in gender display by male and female performers in music videos. The findings revealed that significant gender displays primarily reinforced stereotypical notions of women as sexual objects and to a lessen degree, females as subordinate, and males as aggressive. . Many studies also focused on violence in music videos, finding that males, compared to females,

were more likely to be aggressors as well as victims of violence. Basically females in music videos are more seen as sexual objects and males more of a dominance and violent. In the study, the researchers assumed that sex had an effect on gender display. They believe that sex was the physical presence in the lead performer of music videos between males and females. 

What is sociological about Music?

This article talked about how music affects people regarding their class, race, and ethnicity. music provides an important and engaging purchase on topics that are

of great concern to sociologists of all stripes—topics that range from

the micro-foundations of interaction to the macro-level dynamics of

inequality. Music is one that is shaped by, and shapes,social arrangements and cultural assumptions. Sociologists also said that music was a form of cultural capital where t was important for people to learn music's history and know the culture of it. It makes that individual well-rounded and obtain a great knowledge about music. Music has many meanings of interpretations. It is our society, the people, our lives.

Vanesa Rivera