Queen Bey and hubby, Jay Z yet face another criticism over what many have termed a scintillating performance in the just concluded grammy awards. Here's what many think!!
''What do you call a man who stands there smiling and
singing as his scantily clad wife straddles a chair and shakes her rear end for
other men’s titillation? For years, these award ceremonies have pushed the envelope;
Beyoncé’s booty-shaking was certainly no worse than Miley Cyrus’s twerking or
any number of other performances by Madonna, for instance. But there’s
something particularly icky about doing it while your husband looks on
approvingly.
I’m certain if I look through enough Jay Z song titles, I’ll
come up with the right name for his role in Beyoncé’s performance at the Grammy
Awards Sunday night. Rhymes with Goodyear. . . ? Well, how about I just call
him a poor excuse for a husband.
“Honestly, I didn’t want to watch Jay Z and Beyoncé’s
foreplay,” says Charlotte Hays, author of “When Did White Trash Become the New
Normal?” Indeed, the happy couple seem to have completely blurred the line
between what goes on in their bedroom and what happens on national TV. So much
for the woman that Michelle Obama has called “a role model who kids everywhere
can look up to.”
Hays says, “It wasn’t surprising to see Jay Z, looking
pleased at his wife’s hyper-sexualized exhibition on stage.” After all, “he’s
made a living singing lyrics that call women ‘bitches’ and ‘hos,’ so we
shouldn’t be surprised that he objectified his own wife on stage.” It is a little bit surprising, though, coming so soon after
Beyoncé contributed to the recent feminist manifesto, the Shriver Report. When
she complains that “gender equality is a myth,” one wonders to what extent her
consent to sell sexuality has contributed to the problem''.
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