Video Vixen or Models

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A women’s body is a great source of art. It has been a part of earth since Adam and Eve. As of today many women do not value their bodies because many are pressured to be or look like something they are not in today’s society. For the last couple of decades, the body of woman has been real big issue since they were created from a men rib. As of today a lot a women’s body image has been transformed into a negative way, because many women do not value and have respect for the body and its nature in the postmodern world today. In today’s society, many people known as video vixen or models does not have any values or respect for their bodies as young women. Being a video model has put a label on African American women for not having no self-respect for their bodies, hyper sexual vixens, and insecure with in their self.
In today’s society a lot of woman do not have respect for their bodies as a lady. Instead, they want to shake their behinds in music videos which are known as video vixen, video models, eye candy, and even video hoes in the entertainment industry. Being a video vixen in today’s you are automatically set as a label in the industry because being in a music video do not come easy and if it does it just mean you just did it for free. For instance, in the Puff Daddy, Snoop Dog, and other rap videos all you see is women disrespecting their bodies just to get noticed in the media for a couple of dollars. Many people as of today would consider that UN lady like and trashy as women. Many of the women in these hip hop videos come from within the African- American community and “Black femininity on display in hip hop music videos (Bartlet3).” Meaning, they character traits how black women are treated, what they should look like a...

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