Riptide gender representation
Women are presented as objects in riptide where it shows the book of how to take photos of girls which suggests that they are items that can be logged and also learnt. Although this isn't an image where women are sexualised it is a representation of how women attract the male gaze.
Women are also being objectified where the woman of the beach is being filmed. Here men are watching her and using her for the entertainment of others. The lyrics describe her as "the closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen" which links to Van Zoonen via this inter-textual reference to a typically beautiful woman creating an idea through discourse and repetition via reference to a woman who is very commonly objectified.
In chorus 1 of the lip sync section the woman looks very attractive and presentable matching the social norms of glamour. In chorus 2 the subtitles start to show and the lipstick is smudged showing slight imperfection. In chorus 3 the eye makeup is now also smudged showing a clear lack in the standard of glamour. In chorus 4 the woman looks as if she is in more pain and is also holding her neck with a bloody hand.
In the riptide music video women are represented as the victim numerous times which can be seen where the woman is tied up to a tree, getting dragged under a bed and when she is gagged. This connotes that she is being victimised and is in danger. This is a common representation of the damsel in distress stereotype by which women need saving by a hero. However this stereotype is challenged by the fact there is no man there to save them, showing the independence of women, especially when the woman escapes from being tied up unassisted.
In chorus 1 when it says “i wanna be your left hand man” men are represnted as being very vocak as there is a left hand holding a microphone, this suggests that the man will speak for the woman on her behalf, following the stereotype that men boss women around.
In chorus 2 it shows a cactus being cut which may suggest that men are the ones who cut things off, which could be interpreted as a metaphor for relationships as men are stereotypically the ones who end them.
In chorus 3 a man is pulling a fruit from a tree. This may suggest that men can be firceful in taking what they want, that when they see something that they want, they do not hesitate to take it.
In chorus 4 a man is shown holding a gun, this suggests that he is either violent or protective, teo further characteristics of the stereotypical male.
Women are also being objectified where the woman of the beach is being filmed. Here men are watching her and using her for the entertainment of others. The lyrics describe her as "the closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen" which links to Van Zoonen via this inter-textual reference to a typically beautiful woman creating an idea through discourse and repetition via reference to a woman who is very commonly objectified.
In chorus 1 of the lip sync section the woman looks very attractive and presentable matching the social norms of glamour. In chorus 2 the subtitles start to show and the lipstick is smudged showing slight imperfection. In chorus 3 the eye makeup is now also smudged showing a clear lack in the standard of glamour. In chorus 4 the woman looks as if she is in more pain and is also holding her neck with a bloody hand.
In the riptide music video women are represented as the victim numerous times which can be seen where the woman is tied up to a tree, getting dragged under a bed and when she is gagged. This connotes that she is being victimised and is in danger. This is a common representation of the damsel in distress stereotype by which women need saving by a hero. However this stereotype is challenged by the fact there is no man there to save them, showing the independence of women, especially when the woman escapes from being tied up unassisted.
In chorus 1 when it says “i wanna be your left hand man” men are represnted as being very vocak as there is a left hand holding a microphone, this suggests that the man will speak for the woman on her behalf, following the stereotype that men boss women around.
In chorus 2 it shows a cactus being cut which may suggest that men are the ones who cut things off, which could be interpreted as a metaphor for relationships as men are stereotypically the ones who end them.
In chorus 3 a man is pulling a fruit from a tree. This may suggest that men can be firceful in taking what they want, that when they see something that they want, they do not hesitate to take it.
In chorus 4 a man is shown holding a gun, this suggests that he is either violent or protective, teo further characteristics of the stereotypical male.
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