Like a boy...

Lately it seems in the media that there has been a lot of women empowerment. From Hilary Clinton and Sarah Palin to music videos like Beyonce’s Like a Boy and Britney’s Womanizer, women are becoming more involved in society/politics and speaking up about what they see as inequalities. I think that today more than ever there is more equality in the workplace and such but are women’s’ sexuality hindering or helping? In Britney’s video she’s singing about a guy because he is a “womanizer” but she is dancing around in a provocative way and is barely clothed and some parts naked. I think that she is in some ways contradicting herself and just confusing young girls who see the video to have bad ideas towards men. I’m glad Britney is back (sorry to everyone who just rolled their eyes!) but is her image empowering women to want to be equals in relationships or are they just setting themselves up ? Beyonce’s video can be paralleled to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story“If I were a Man”, and is in a man’s shoes for a day and to have a different view of how society views men and women differently. It’s not fair to generalize the entire male population to be “womanizers” just because the actions of a few men. But, are women making themselves empowered in a positive way or are they simply hating on guys like in Beyonce’s and Britney’s videos?