In the following music video, the men are in control of the women. They have power over anyone else in the video. They are almost like a puppeteer. The man gets to be in what is popular clothing, and the girls stand out in mix matched outfits that stand out. The don't get the jewels or high class clothing that the men will wear, which shows their status.
Female sexuality is shown through the outfits and the skin they are showing. They then must show off their bodies by drawing attention to sexual parts, shown through choreography. This is what modern day hip hop and some dance moves portray. It brings to life our bodies and is ho we are supposed to show confidence, by showing off those parts.
Beyonce and Bruno Mars tend to make videos that go against stereotypes. Bruno Mars' most recent music video of "That's What I Like" is just him with graphics around him. There are no sexual references or girls dancing around him. Beyonce's new album music videos show women empowerment and strength from herself.
Because music videos target adolescents, the future mindset they are going to have is not going to be positive, is not going to be clean, but is going to be extremely sensitized to aspects we find pushing the limits, or too explicit today. Relationships are looked at as power and is objectified. There is no emotion or struggles, it is just one person winning and having success while the other person is there to look pretty, or boost someone else up, hence, a backup dancer.
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