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By Mary Elias, published 31/1/2011Portrayals of violence against women can never be condoned, not even on artistic grounds.
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Both the men and the women are fetishised – but in ways that maintain the traditional gender power balance.
The women are all scantily clad, disembodied, dead, drugged and/or doing all the mandatory f*kme gyrating required for patriarchal S&M consumption. (10-inch stilletoes and blood ... oh, yawn!) By stark contrast, the men are equally fetishised in the gender-traditional way - e.g. suave (fully clothed) James Bond-style black tie and tux or displaying some sexy pecs under a black silk shirt or leather vest. So cool. So in control – and soooo ultimately victorious over all those lacy-undied, stilletoed harpies.
If it takes a petition to move the gender politics of music videos into the gender realities of the 2000s, then show me where to sign!