In Miley Cyrus’ music video for her very popular song, Wrecking Ball, she is seen multiple times swinging on a wrecking ball naked. Even when she is not naked, the clothes she is wearing barely cover anything up. Miley is also licking a sledge hammer at one point. This is an example of the media sexualizing women by saying that even though a man is around she still needs sex and an object that could be considered “penis shaped” because she needs a man in her life. The song is about a heartbreak she went through or is currently going through, and there is nothing in the song that talks about sex. The media still needed to direct this video towards male audiences though and sexualize her.

Luke Bryan- Country Girl (Shake it for Me)

In this music video there are women that are learning a dance routine because they want to be in Luke Bryan’s music video. They are shown doing suggestive dance moves and clearly being sexualized. This is a male artist’s music video, so of course the media has to sexualize women. The women are all only attractive and skinny. The camera zooms in on the women’s butts and other areas that are easily sexualized. There are a lot of moments when the women are looking into the camera or over their shoulders. According to John Berger, this has to do with the gaze. The gaze is about how “men act and women appear” (Berger).

Dolce and Gabbana Ads

Dolce and Gabbana is a high fashion clothing line that has been known for their edgy and out there advertising. Their advertising is mainly revolved around the sexualization of women like everything else in the media. These images shown women in sugesttive positions or in positions where the man clearly has power over her. The women are even sexualized in the ads where they are trying to sell women’s clothing. There are also no women of color in any of these ads. This is related to Peggy Mcintosh’s article saying that you can turn on the TV or look at an ad and there are mainly white people (McIntosh 71).

One Direction-Best Song Ever

Even bands like One Direction that have a young fan base have been sexualizing women. In One Direction’s music video for “Best Song Ever” there is a women assistant. Even though a male is dressed up like a man, they still treat her and make her look sexualized. This reminded me of when we watched Rupaul’s Drag Race and how people can act like the stereotypical type of a women. “Realness” is not exactly a category in which one competes, it is a standard that is used to judge any given performance within established categories. (Butler 129) This is what some people think is real for women because of how the media portrays and sexualizes women.