I am a Women

                                               

Where do I start?  She is seen as the ideal women with an amazing career. She does no wrong does she ? Beyonce is a women in the music industry whom is one of the best musicians I know. Why did I choose her ? She is a very known artist who is very wealthy and is mostly at the top of the charts. She makes a clear point in her music on how in society women are not expected to do what men can do. She makes a music video that reverses societies view of men and women to make a great point. Her music expresses her personal views on how she believes women should be more powerful and be the queens we were mean't to be.

Beyonce makes a very interesting point in her song " If I were a boy". She makes clear statements on how women are judged based on views of society. Women are not expected to be so masculine but more as emotional. She says " Drink beer with the guys, And chase after girls
, I'd kick it with who I wanted, And I'd never get, confronted for it,Cause they'd stick up for me".  She makes it clear that guys have this image of being a typical "dog". They have this stereotype  that males always have multiple partners. Beyonce is expressing  one out of many social norms we hear about everyday. When you see a female cop, they think that she may not put up a gun because females have always been known to be soft. 

These type of social norms make me as a female wonder am I good enough to go into the army or into the police force and not be judged. We live in a patriarchy society where men are suppose to be the protector and  women are suppose to be the caregiver. In the beginning of the song she makes small points about what is expected for women . " Loyalty , and commitment" is one of many things that women are expected to do but men are too. The question is why does society view ALL men to be interested in multiple partners. I've met men who have been an a committed relationship for men then 7 years and have not cheated once. It happened to be the women being disloyal.

Beyonce is seen as the ideal beautiful young women. She has the shape many women desire to have ( not right now she is pregnant ). She has this amazing image and she has uplifted many women throughout her music career. She is married to one of the best known rappers in the music industry. What's wrong with her life ? Its perfect right ? No one knew Beyonce has struggled with having children. She has been cheated on by her husband many times and because he is a great artist he is seen to this " great man". Many questions but not a lot of actual answers.

  

The song itself expresses the views of how men have this more dominant and free will while the women is expected to isolate herself from people to please her man. She even asked her boyfriend " Why are you so jealous?". The song is literally expressing the opposite of what women do. Most women get jealous when they see their man or husband hanging out late with a co-worker is the opposite sex. I think her point was to show that women can do exactly what men can do.

" But your just a boy". She uses machismo within to express her womanhood. We as women can do exactly what men can do or maybe even more. Beyonce comes is a very individualistic person who came up with some help from prior music groups. The image she wants to portray is that women should show their power and express it because women are seriously looked down upon. Even in the music industry, we have some women artist but they aren't as recognized as men artist like Kanye West, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, and more. We need more women power and her whole point is to give us some acknowledgement on what we need to do as women. She also is acknowledging that we as women are seen as weak and wants to uplift us to become better women. 

Beyonce encourages women to do better in society and not continue to be the typical or the expected. Be something different that you can be recognized for in the long run. She does have the ideal body and ideal image but that doesn't dignify what anyone else could become. Society expects women to do things but we always have been looked down upon to cater to men. This is not the only song that implies the same message and she is not the only person who tries to apply this knowledge to us women. Its for us to be wise and be powerful so we can change what society views us to be . We have to be wise, powerful, and divergent.


K.Y.