YG, "Toot it and Boot it"

I met her in the club, then I said wassup
I took her to the crib and you know I fucked
Yeah, toot it and boot it, toot it and boot it
Toot it and boot it, that's why I toot and boot it

She think I'm cute, she wanna have sex
Girl knock it off, you know you can't have this
She think I'm cute, she wanna have sex
Girl knock it off, you know you can't have this

And she told me run that I told her run it
And she never seen a trick until she met my magic stick
Yo, I'm a pimp bitch, straight game never no sippin'
And after we did it she was walking with a limp

Bust it open, leave it wet, you know I leave it soakin'
Who next? I don't ever close, I stay open
I met her in the club, you know I was drunk
I asked her name and then I said I wanna fuck

And I'm YG and you know I fucked
And she fucked back like a little slut
And she fell in love, ya and she felt stupid
'Cause you know, I toot it and boot it

I met her in the club, then I said wassup
I took her to the crib and you know I fucked
Yeah, toot it and boot it, toot it and boot it
Toot it and boot it, that's why I toot and boot it

Girl let me toot that boot that stop actin' stupid
Acting like you don't know me, like "Who that?"
Walked in the club, but I'll fly things
I'm in the back girl, you know where to find me

And I love how she think I'm cute
And she don't even wanna tell me what she wanna do
It's me and my crew, her and her friends
And they all trying to leave with us when the club ends

And she toot it from the back
And you know she made it clap
And you know I run it back like only for one night
And she know I'm on like a switch on light

Hey girl, I can have you feelin' right
I can supply the pipe, just make sure it's tight
We can do it all day, only for one night
And after that you gotta go 'cause you ain't my wife

I met her in the club, then I said wassup
I took her to the crib and you know I fucked
Yeah, toot it and boot it, toot it and boot it
Toot it and boot it, that's why I toot and boot it

I toot it to the left, I toot it to the right
Fuck with me, we gonna do it all night
I seen a bad bitch, I swing my hat back
And after I hit, I still on my back

'Cause I toot it and boot it
And made her feel stupid
'Cause I toot it and boot it
And made her feel stupid

I met her in the club, then I said wassup
I took her to the crib and you know I fucked
Yeah, toot it and boot it, toot it and boot it
Toot it and boot it, that's why I toot and boot it

            The song "Toot it and Boot it" by YG was released and instantly became popular in 2010.  YG came from Compton, New York and was signed when he was around 19 years old. He is known for his sex-themed songs and his ability to relate to young adults. YG has many popular songs that have reached millions of plays, one of which features Lil Wayne, "Heard Em All". Even his MySpace page has been viewed millions of times.
            The lyrics to the song "Toot it and Boot it" refer to women poorly and put women in a negative light. Multiple times he states that women can not "get" him, as in they are not worthy of having his attention. This statement makes women seem worthless. Another set of lyrics are, "And made her feel stupid". That sentence refers to the woman having hopes for something other than a "hookup" but he just used her and "made her feel stupid". This degrades women as always thinking hopelessly and makes them seem easily used. The whole song is about how he can influence any girl he wants to have sex with him. He knows that  he can manipulate them into falling in love with him, but he will just push them aside. This makes women seem "easy" for guys but also easily manipulated in a negative way.
            There is a vast number of songs that depict women as targets that men need to hit. These songs, despite their lyrics meanings and words, are very popular among teenagers. This sends a negative message to the world that when people are dancing along to the tune, they also seem to be agreeing with what statements the artist may be saying.

Keppler, Propaganda

            This is a poster from the World War II Ministry of Information in the United States (Home Sweet Home Front). It was created by Victor Keppler in 1944 (Keppler). This campaign was made to warn people of the dangers of speaking about the government and giving information to the enemy sympathizers. The Ministry of Information posted these posters with the slogan “Careless talk costs lives”.

            This poster shows a black and white photo of a woman with giant letters spelling “Wanted! For murder” and below the picture it states, “Her careless talk costs lives”. By using a woman as the main focus of this piece of propaganda gives a sense that woman have “loose lips” or should not be trusted with information. This relates back to the theme because the government is belittling the image of a woman as a gossiper. The woman in the propaganda is also blamed for the loss of lives because she spoke carelessly. This puts emphasis that woman are blamed for some of the unfortunate losses of soldiers and people fighting for the nation. The words within this propaganda piece are very bold especially with the red coloring and the large size of the letters. This piece was meant to gain attention by everyone around it. Many people might have seen this image and realized that they might not be able to talk to women about the pressing issues of the war because the fear that they would spread the information to an enemy spy. The woman in the propaganda piece is also depicted smiling slyly and her eyes have a stare that almost looks like she is gossiping or telling secrets about the government to others on purpose in order to sabotage her country. This creates an image that women are the enemy as well.   

Shirin Neshat, Speechless

This piece is by Shirin Neshat and was created in 1996. This piece is titled Speechless. Shirin Neshat was born in Iran in the year 1957. She later moved to the United States for high school and studied art at the University of California. Neshat could not move back to Iran because of the Islamic Revolution that was occurring there; she was exiled for eleven years before she could come back . When she revisited her home country of Iran, it was completely different from what she remembered. The sense of not knowing where she belonged, Iran or US, this sense of displacement inspired a lot of her work, in which she contrasts many things such as Islam and the west, and man and woman. (Müller)
(Time Europe)

            This work of art relates to the theme of belittling women because this woman is being belittled by religion and by fear. While the Islamic religion has different roles for women, some interpret female roles to be more limited than male roles in different areas of life such as marriage, civil rights, and dress code(Wikipedia). There is Arabic writing all over the face of the woman and from behind her hood, which is part of the female dress code; the barrel of a gun is pointed outwards. The gun might be a threat that the woman might face if she speaks, or the gun is rendering her speechless as the title expresses.  This piece is from the collection titled “Women of Allah.” The pieces in this collection show women with calligraphic words on their bodies yet the titles of the individual pieces express a prohibition on speaking, such as Speechless.