![]() ![]() We can learn from Thicke’s video that in order to gain a large audience in society today, artists must convey increasingly sexualized content in their work. As popular culture becomes more and more sexualized, there is higher demand from the public to view more extreme sexual content. The video is sexist, offensive and somehow people still love it? It seems like music video content is almost required to be as extreme as possible to gain an audience. ( This video by Mod Carousel flips those gender dynamics, and the differences are fascinating.) The video is not a load of playful fun rather it is a power game in which men can assert their desired “ownership” over women. They are fully covered, standing next to exposed, and therefore more vulnerable, women. The clothed man/ naked woman dichotomy empowers men by putting them in control. Whether the women are nude, or almost nude, the video still conveys the same message: women are simply objects for men’s viewing pleasure and sexual gratification. To be honest, the “censored” version’s not particularly much better than the uncensored, featuring the same fully-clothed men next to (this time) barely-clothed women. Now the uncensored version is back on YouTube, and censored version of the video is on TV in the charts. In fact, the removal of the video probably worked in Thicke’s favour – everyone loves to watch banned content, right? Shortly after it’s release, this version of the video was banned on Youtube, which really had no effect whatsoever, because you can just watch it on Vevo instead. The women dance around the men, shaking their breasts, touching their breasts, and basically just parading their breasts as much as possible. ![]() ![]() The unrated version of the video features three fully clothed men next to three women in nothing but thongs. Robin Thicke wants you to know that he has a big dick–but really, it’s more like he IS a big dick, as proven after the release of his latest video Blurred Lines earlier this year. ![]()
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