GC: Do you believe women who voluntarily prostitute themselves should go to jail or be charged?

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[–]worried19 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The article seems like common sense to me.

“Critiquing ‘WAP’ as degrading, dehumanizing art is a camouflage for critiquing Black womanhood as a problematic expression.”

I try to avoid talking about race because I'm white from an extremely white area, but holy fuck, this comment from a defender of the song is highly offensive. They're saying this song represents black womanhood and black female sexuality. Good God, black women being portrayed as prostitutes and gold diggers who want to be slapped around is supposed to be empowering for black women and girls?

I did find one article from a black woman with some criticism:

https://communityjournal.net/false-empowerment-is-shaping-the-world

[–]firebird 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The trick for figuring out if something is empowering or not, is checking if the people who are actually in power are doing it. White men are definitely not portrayed this way, let alone that they would portray themselves this way, so the conclusion should be clear.

And regardless of the message, you'd think that proclaiming a song performed by just two people as representative for an entire demographic would be offensive enough on its own.