Laura Mulvey, whats your theory?

Laura Mulvey's Theory

Laura Mulvey believes that females in music videos are normally seen as a sexual object and the males are seen as the dominant in the video; the girl is what the guy wants.

She thinks (and i agree with her) that there is quite an unbalanced relationship between the male and female forms in music videos. The males normally sing about getting girls and how to get them, whereas females normally sing about heart break and the way a boy can hurt you. 

In any music video that has a male or female singer, the females will normally be dressed in an outfit that reveals the 'best' parts of their bodies (i.e legs, bum, boobs). 

An example of a female singer dressed in revealing clothing is Beyonce in 'Run The World'

even though her song is about empowerment to woman and that woman are strong and independent, she is still dressed in revealing clothes. Some people might say that she's wearing those kind of clothes because her lyrics relate to woman 'getting what they want' possibly by using the 'best' parts of their bodies to persuade the men. However some people might think that she's just proud of her body and wants to show all the guys what they won't be getting.

Another example of woman being exploited is Miley Cyrus 'We Can't Stop'.

this is an obvious example of the way women are seen as the sexual object, however i think in this video, Miley is deliberately trying to be the sexual object. It helps promote her work and get's peoples attention, sometimes for the wrong reasons, sometimes for the right reasons.