From media people learn how to act accordingly, like what it means to male and what it means to be female. In the media it is easy to tell who is usually in the dominant position which are males. They are shown as strong, powerful, aggressive and has a sense of control. Females are known for as weak, submissive, filled with emotions and can not live without a male figure. Without a male in a female's life, she becomes distraught and has a emotional breakdown. In the second picture, the male is sitting above the female and she is looking up at him. There is a sense of hierarchy within the couple which is always to the case within our society. The site where I got the second image from has a quote which says, “The man should NOT be shorter, weaker, younger, poorer, or less successful than the woman.” I feel that this quote is describes very well the difference between male and female. Males are the one that "protects" the female, the one that is in "control." For this reason, females are portrayed as being the weaker sex.
[https://wiki-land.wikispaces.com/Maori+value+-+Male+dominance][http://lereflection.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/male-superiority-in-reinforced-in-the-media/]
This image is married couple lying in bed with their backs to each other. In movies I have not seen that many sex scenes with married couples compared to so many sex scenes with "unmarried" couples. This image connects with the reading Dempsey and Reichert because it is basically supporting the idea that sex after marriage is not satisfying compared to when he/she were single and having sex. Which is not the case because, "almost a half-century ago, a landmark sex study revealed that married partners maintained healthy and fairly robust sexual activity into their sixties. More recent research suggest that, despite the absence of sexuality between married couples in the movies, sexuality between real-life married couples remain strong" according to Dempsey and Reichert. This means that married couples that has sex are lot more healthy and has a better relationship with each other.
[http://www.sheknows.com/articles/1140.htm] [http://www.benettontalk.com/premarital-sex-is-definetly-mainstream/]
Love In This Club Part II (feat. Beyonce & Lil Wayne) - Usher
Artist: Usher lyrics
Album: Here I Stand
Year: 2008
Title: Love In This Club, Part II (feat. Beyonce and Lil' Wayne)
[Usher (Beyonce) Talking:] Yea (yea, yea)
Styles I hear you man
(Usher) This it right here
Queen Bee, yea
I'm the King, ya'll know that
She the queen, came right back
Yea, Yea Oh! Remix!
[Verse 1: Usher]
Now baby girl there ain't no more
That I can say
You know by now I want it more than anything
If I walk away and just let you leave
You'll be stuck in my head like a melody
[Beyonce:] I know you want it
But I'm hesitating
You must be crazy
I got a man And you got a lady
[Usher:]
I know we here together
So this must be something special
You can be anywhere you wanted
[Pre-Chorus:]
But you decided to be here with me
No coincidence it was meant to be
Don't be shy, gon' let yo boy get in
So you can tell all yo friends
you was on the remix like
[Chorus:]
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin'
I ain't stoppin', baby I don't get up!
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin',
baby I don't give up! (In this club)
[Verse 2: Beyonce (Usher)]
Baby you know I'd be down
But we can't have all these people
staring standing around
This right here is only for your eyes to see
But you gettin' carried away
Saying we can do it where ever
The way you touchin' me like no other
(I'm gon' make you feel insane)
Tryin' your hardest to make me give in
But I'm a be down to give you
what you wanting if you keep it up
I strongly doubt this velvet rope will hold me up
And I don't want security rollin' up on us
I'm not hesitating I just don't wanna rush
You can be anywhere you wanna
[Pre-Chorus: Beyonce]
But you decided to be here with me
No coincidence it was meant to be
I'd mess it if I mess around if I let you get in
You gon' tell all yo friends
you was on this remix like...
[Chorus]
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin'
I ain't stoppin', baby I don't get up!
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin',
baby I don't give up! (In this club)
[Verse 3: Lil' Wayne]
Uh Uhm
Shawty want a thug
It started with a hug
And the rest went like this
I gave her neck a kissy-kiss
She gave my neck a kiss back
I said we can do it like a stack
I'm mean we can do it like a G
On the couch in VIP
Shawty we can get it on
I'm a shoutout to the DJ for playin' this song
Girl we can tag it like two damn fools
Have everybody thinkin' we doin' they dance move
Call me so I can make it juicy for ya
Meet in the bathroom
and you can be my secret lover, girl
And it started with a hug
But now we making love in this club
And when I come stylin' just because
The people in the crowd are watching us
But we don't give a damn what they say
This is the-the remix baby!
[Hook: Usher & Beyonce]
[Usher:]
Come a little closer
Let daddy put it on ya
Need you to know
What happens here stays here
[Beyonce:]
And I'm ready and willing
Almost good to go
Got you standing at attention
Keep it on the low
[Usher:]
Ain't nobody watching
Don't worry they can't see us
I know I got you hot
Now let me in
[Beyonce:]
You in the club or the car
Where ever you are
Run and tell the DJ, run it back on replay
[Chorus x2]
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin'
I ain't stoppin', baby I don't get up!
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin',
baby I don't give up! (In this club)
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin'
I ain't stoppin', baby I don't get up!
In this club
In this club
Ladies can I put this love up on you
one time if you ain't scared say what's up!
In this club
In this club
They can keep watchin',
baby I don't give up! (In this club)
[http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/u/usher/love_in_this_club_remix.html]
I thought this song was a good example "socially constructed appropriate sex," because the male character which is Usher is being a pursuer or the aggressor of sex. On the other hand, Beyonce is not forcing yet not pushing away from him which means she is basically submitting to his desires. That is usually the difference between male and female when they are engaged in sex. Females want it but they should not pursue it because then they are looked at as hoes, sluts etc. But males on the other hand are encourage to take the action because of this, males are not viewed negatively, that is just what boys do. Even though in Mendard and Kleinplatz reading it did not focus on Pop culture itself,but they mentioned that sex in our society is not seen with an clear glass but it is more with an opaque glass because of our "sex-negative views." Before lyrics in music was not so sexually oriented but it was more about the "relationship" itself. Going on from Mendard and Kleinplatz reading, magazines also were not so sex focused as now. Before they had things like home economics and fashion advices, now it is geared more towards on how to attract males attention for sex but not noticeably etc.
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