Beyonce, a dynamic performer and accomplished artist has had songs ranging from club hits, to ballads and spirituals. Her body like most performing artists is on display and she makes no apologies for dressing "provocatively" or sexy and has even celebrated the fact that she enjoys her curvy figure with songs like, "Bootylicious."
There is no doubt that Beyonce is a talented and intelligent individual, but some argue that her look and the decisions that she makes as an artist can have a mixed impact of both positive and negative stereotypical images for Black Women. Beyonce is also an incredible business woman, and many look at her and see her as a role model for youths.
Beyonce represents a great display of what it means to exist in the gray area of sexuality and whether or not she is promoting exploitation, or owning her sexuality and benefitting at her own hand. Black women that own their sexuality have been stereotyped in the past as a Jezebels who are sex crazed Black woman. However being part of a power couple, being married to Jay-Z, Beyonce busts the stereotype of the promiscuous woman. Beyonce uses her body to promote herself and has generally a positive public image of herself as a successful and accomplished artist.
There is no doubt that Beyonce is a talented and intelligent individual, but some argue that her look and the decisions that she makes as an artist can have a mixed impact of both positive and negative stereotypical images for Black Women. Beyonce is also an incredible business woman, and many look at her and see her as a role model for youths.
Beyonce represents a great display of what it means to exist in the gray area of sexuality and whether or not she is promoting exploitation, or owning her sexuality and benefitting at her own hand. Black women that own their sexuality have been stereotyped in the past as a Jezebels who are sex crazed Black woman. However being part of a power couple, being married to Jay-Z, Beyonce busts the stereotype of the promiscuous woman. Beyonce uses her body to promote herself and has generally a positive public image of herself as a successful and accomplished artist.
In the past Collins describes that, "African sensuality, eroticism, spirituality, and/or sexuality [is observed] as deviant, out of control, sinful, and as an essential feature of racial difference"(Black Sexual Politics 98). Because of past notions like these it makes it difficult for Black Women to display the mastery of their bodies and sexuality without playing in to these prior stereotypes and negative connotations.
Embodying the complications that come with being scrutinized in the public eye, what impacts does Beyonce's ownership of her sexuality have on society today?
Embodying the complications that come with being scrutinized in the public eye, what impacts does Beyonce's ownership of her sexuality have on society today?
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