Portrayal of Women in Music Videos

Together with the songs' melody and lyrics, music videos are powerful tools that tattoo human minds with images that shape a person's attitude. Throughout the twentieth century, music videos have influenced various perceptions on the images of women. No matter what the women in the music videos are singing about, or what actions they are doing in the videos, there is almost always a sexual overtone. For women to be portrayed in this way has …

…on MTV is more about the image than the song itself. The problems with the image being just as important, if not more important, than the song itself, is that the images are even further embedded in one’s mind. Thus, what these images portray is of vital importance; especially considering that today, MTV is the No. 1 cable network for the influential age group of 12- to 24-year-olds, and it's viewed in 342 million households worldwide.