Women and Property Damage in Music Videos
Wow, it’s been a super long time since I last posted, hasn’t it? Just … super. And I will catch up on my Supernatural coverage someday. Probably. But for now, here’s a post on a few music videos from the previous decade. Because that’s fun.
Sometimes, in pop music and/or in the music videos that accompany pop music, women take out their aggression (against men) on inanimate objects (frequently belonging to men).
I would like to take a moment to examine this phenomenon.
One of the most popular targets of female aggression in music videos is The Car. See:
- 2005: Shakira, “Don’t Bother”
- 2006: Carrie Underwood, “Before He Cheats”
- 2008: P!nk, “So What”
- 2008: Jazmine Sullivan, “Bust Your Windows”
OK, OK, so technically the Carrie Underwood one is a truck. The parallel still holds.
Women in music videos have also been known to commit acts of property damage against things that are not automobiles. See:
- 2004: Kelly Clarkson, “Since U Been Gone”
- 2008: P!nk, “So What”
- 2008: Jazmine Sullivan, “Bust Your Windows”
You will note that there is some overlap there. I guess sometimes vehicle vandalism is just not enough.
A couple sketches and video-by-video breakdown of this phenomenon under the cut:
