Gender Based Violence

     This week in class we have been talking about how adds, songs, videos, pictures, and other public media perpetuate gender based violence. We also learned that when people say Gender Based Violence you know that they mean violence against women caused by men. Once we watched videos about how women are dehumanized through media making it easier for people, men, to show violence towards them. Take a look at this song I found, but before you look I just want to say that it is explicit and may not be appropriate for certain ages. Here are the lyrics.
     If you look at the chorus you can see how he is dehumanizing her by saying she is a dog and that she is just well a "female dog". He says he will do things to her like he would to a dog as if it was ok or if it was cool and awesome. The chorus goes like this....

I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog
I'm a treat ha like a dog
Feed ha like a dog (Gucci)
Beat ha like a dog
Then pass ha to my dog

He even says he is going to beat her after he dehumanizes her like it is fine and ok for men to do that to women. News flash! IT IS NOT OK! Try also looking at the second verse where it says that all the ladies love him even after he talks about hurting them and mistreating them. Its crazy how all these things happen even subconsciously and we don't know it. In our culture it is considered normal for boys and men to be violent and sometimes specifically towards women. And even if women are not hurt physically all this media hurts them emotionally. They are talked about as these things with amazing parts like you would a toy or an object. The first thing they see is not who you are but more what you are. Take a look at this slam poet and how all this has made her feel.