Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Are Women only Good for Sex?


There seems to be quite a dilemma between how men view women and women view themselves. In the song “Hey You Woman,” Michel Polnareff describes a woman as a sexual devil out to capture him and hold him under her erotic power. It is as if men see women as objects that they cannot resist and fall victim to, but that is portrayed as being the woman’s evil plan- females are put at fault for taking advantage of a man’s feelings. Of course, songs like “Moi, je joue” by Brigitte Bardot, does display this kind of sexual deviance in women. She sings of winning over a man and making him her toy, daring him to fight off her charm and sexual allure. On the other hand, there is Charlotte Leslie’s "Les Filles c'est fait pour faire l'amour," which speaks of a woman’s expectation to please a man and how there are women who want to put themselves and their desires before a man’s thirst for sex. I often wonder why there is this discrepancy in the sexualization of women. If porn for women is more focused on the story line and romance and porn for men is quick to be sensual, then why are women seen as the carnal ones that need to be fought off? Is there a disconnect between what men want from women and what women want from men, so that women can dangle a man’s sensual desires in front of their nose but men cannot do the same?

1 comment:

  1. Very interesting, Angela, but I think you are misreading Charlotte Leslie's song, or rather perhaps you only read the lyrics? The song is actually quite angry and nihilistic, I think (but one must certainly not watch that stupid video). She knows what is going on and that she is falling prey to the system and she seems emptied out by the stupidity of it all.

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