Missy Eliott: All in my grill analysis!

In What Ways are women represented in the text? Missy Elliott chooses to subvert stereotypes within this music video. This can be said as throughout the video as the main character she is seen to dominate the males and move between cars and men due to the fact that she is unsatisfied. This representation of women would be frowned upon in a feminist eye. There is also the feeling of female authority as the police officers who due to their job role have dominance were all female this again was the artist’s way of reinforcing that female empowerment. How are men represented in the video? As the artist made the choice to make females hold the main power the males in the video seem to take the stereotypical role of females in a hip hop genre. i say this because there is the medium shot of the male and female in the video, during this shot the female is fully clothed whereas the male is topless. This proves to be effective as is seems be the reverse of normality due to the fact that it is usually the females in videos that are almost exploited due to their bodies. How might female audiences respond to this text? If this video was considered in a post- feminist view it would be seen as an empowering representation of the female gender as exploits the male gender and portrays them as beneath women. Whereas if it was considered by a feminist audience they may believe that artists choice to show the moving between men and overall masculine undertone to the females in the video is a misrepresentation of the gender.