Feminism

I feel like feminism is becoming less stigmatised lately. I'd say I'm a feminist, and I would say that all females (at least) should be able to say that about themselves. What female doesn't *want* to be treated as an equal?
Recently there have been quite a lot of music videos that seem to portray women as an object or an animal. For example, Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" shows women wearing skimpy outfits and dancing around. A lot of the time in the video, one woman in particular has her hair being held as if on a lead, like a dog. But it's not just videos, it's lyrics too. In Blurred Lines, things such as "I know you want it", "you're an animal" and "I'll tear that ass in two". All of which tends to glorify rape and rough sex. Now, I chose that song in particular because Lily Allen has recently released a song called Hard out Here which mocks Blurred Lines quite a bit (in video and in lyrics). Lily Allen's song shows that she won't lose her baby weight just because of pressure of the media, it shows a man (possibly intended to be her manager) showing her how to "twerk" and do other things (such as eating a banana) in a sexual manner. I think the message that Lily is trying to get across is that a LOT of female artists out there are being manipulated by male managers to use sex to sell their music. Obviously it works (Miley Cyrus nude on a wreaking ball, anyone?), but most of these women are so talented that they don't *need* to use their bodies to sell their music. Miley Cyrus' Wreaking Ball is a song that I geniunely enjoy and love, I personally think she's extremely talented. However, using sex to sell music also creates bad publicity, which could be easily avoided by simply *not* using sex.
I think it's just outrageous that in 2013 we're still having these sorts of issues. Women should be treated as equals. The fact that these things still happens terrifies me as a woman raising a little girl.

Here is Lily Allen's new song and video:

I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I did! (Watch without little ones around, it's a tad inappropriate!)

xoxo