Lily Allen "Hard out here"Lily Allen's hard out here is a song that mocks are makes fun of the stereotypes and social norms that girls and women are supposed to live up to. Lily also compares the way in which men and women act and how supposedly if women acted the way men do it would not be acceptable. She talks about how women must be skinny to be considered good looking, or have something like money or domestic skills to offer man. She asks her audience " don't you want to have some body who objectifies you?" implying that women are objectified but also that they are expected to enjoy and put up with it. Lily also refers to the words inequality and injustice when talking about how women are treated in her song, as well as referring to women as "bitches". Using the word "bitch" represents women and petty, rude, stupid and is a derogatory term as well as this it suggests that is the way women are thought about in today's society.
The music video in itself is shot showing the making of a music video in order to show the misogyny of women in the music industry but also in society as a whole.The music video humorously is shot through the male gaze to show how women are looked at.
Beyoncé "If I were a boy"
In Beyoncé's if I were a boy the lyrics talk about the things that boys do in their day to day lives, and she suggests how if girls and boys acted in the same way it would be completely different.
The lyrics suggest that women are judged for their actions where as men can do that they want and "kick it" with who ever they want and society accepts this where as women have behave and are not listened too.
Men are also represented as dominant in relationships in this song and also predatory when she says they "chase" after girls for their own "selfish" desire. More over, boys are portrayed as un emotional as they "don't understand" where as women are "faithful" and sensitive..
Beyoncé's song seems to critic the stereotypical norms for both men and women and shows how she wishes she could act the way men do.
