WUNRN
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN EROTICIZED IN
VIDEO - PETITION
Video - Via Mediawatch:
Care2 Website Article & Petition
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/prevent-official-release-of-kanye-wests-women-hating-monster-video/
Target: CEO/Chairman of Universal
Music Group (Doug Morris) and CEO of MTV (Judy McGrath)
HipHopConnection.com
has leaked a video teaser for the Kanye West hit song
"Monster" and what we've seen is beyond disturbing. In
just 30 seconds, viewers take in image after image of eroticized violence
against women:
- Dead women, clad in lingerie, hang by chains around their necks.
- West makes sexual moves toward dead or drugged women propped up in a bed.
- A naked dead or drugged woman lays sprawled on a sofa.
If that's not enough, a behind-the-scenes clip of the
video includes a semi-naked dead woman laying spread eagled on a
table in front of Rick Ross as he eats a plate of raw meat. It is likely we can
expect more brutal images in the full-length video.
The victims in this video are clearly women. Only women. And the men, Kanye
West, Rick Ross, and Jay-Z are far from bothered by the female corpses. They
seem to enjoy being surrounded by lifeless female bodies, apparent victims of a
serial killing.
The official release date of the full-length video has not yet been announced.
Let's make it clear to Universal Music Group, the controlling company of West's
record label, Roc-A-Fella Records, and MTV that the music industry's portrayals
of women's pain, suffering, abuse, objectification, and victimization as valid
forms of entertainment are not acceptable.
We call on Universal Music Group and MTV to combat violence against women by
refusing to support, promote, and/or give airtime to West's "Monster"
video. Please add your name to the petition above.