I Pandered to Male Stereotypes of Women and I Liked It

The following is a bit of a rant about Katy Perry.

Now, don't get me wrong, I've nothing against the girl. She's attractive, talented and very good at what she does. It's the 'what she does' I'm not too keen on though. I'm not, and never have been, a bra-burning advocate of wimmin's rights and feminism - indeed, I think the Millie Tant stereotype of a feminist is a total and utter fabrication invented by those who feel threatened by or uncomfortable with women being assertive for whatever reason.

Which is where Ms Perry comes in. She's the sort of artist tabloids like to refer to using adjectives such as 'feisty', implying she's some kind of 'no-nonsense, don't mess with me' type laydee. Yet the lyrics to some of her songs are the biggest load of misogynist arsewipe I've ever had the misfortune to hear spill from the lips of a woman. All that 'I kissed a girl and I liked it, oooh aren't I sooooo naughty?? Bet you boys would like to give me a right good telling off for that sort of display of sexuality, know what I mean, nudge nudge, wink wink' crap just annoyed me at first. I'm not doubting she did kiss a girl and like it, but it just plays up to the almost universal male girl-on-girl fantasy, whilst set to a tune that means 10 year old girls will like it.

And then there's her current release, praising 'California Girls' as if they were some kind of separate race from the rest of womankind. They were little shorts! And bikinis! They're hot, hot, hot! You KNOW you wanna be one or with one! This kind of crap is bad enough from male artists, but from a woman it just plain vexes me. Kids are impressionable wee creatures, and this kind of anti-feminist crud being shat out of the airwaves worries me. Her 'feisty' image just makes it even worse - she's either a record company puppet doing whatever she can to make her 15 minutes last as long as possible, or even worse, she actually buys into the crap she peddles and really DOES think that women are here solely for the titillation of the opposite sex. I know it's only music, but it saddens me that in this day and age, it's still not only acceptable to portray women in this light, but that the majority of people don't even bat an eyelid.

*sighs*