After the Complex article, and some discussion with friends, I wanted to ask you... (female perspectives welcome)

Is Cardi B and Megan thee Stallion's "WAP" genuinely empowering?

I understand there is a narrative that it is... but it doesn't appear so to me.

-lyrics like "Beat it up, n****, catch a charge" and "I want you to hit the thing that dangles at the back of my throat" just sound violent to the point where I suspect a white exec approved the lyrics and the women more or less went along with singing it anyway, whether due to some kind of contractual stipulation or otherwise

-the artists' bored expressions throughout the video

-the total gratuitousness of the lyrics doesn't to me sound like a real person talking about their authentic sexuality in a positive way (i.e. Missy Elliot in some cases, Whitney Houston, Erykah Badu, etc.) but just a cartoonish exaggeration for basic mainstream audiences to enjoy the objectification of women.

So what do you think? Is "WAP" empowering or not?

Who cares if it is or isn’t women think it’s a banger

Well OP here’s how I see it. After the Complex article, and some discussion with friends, I wanted to ask you... (female perspectives welcome)
Is Cardi B and Megan thee Stallion's "WAP" genuinely empowering?
I understand there is a narrative that it is... but it doesn't appear so to me.
-lyrics like "Beat it up, n****, catch a charge" and "I want you to hit the thing that dangles at the back of my throat" just sound violent to the point where I suspect a white exec approved the lyrics and the women more or less went along with singing it anyway, whether due to some kind of contractual stipulation or otherwise
-the artists' bored expressions throughout the video
-the total gratuitousness of the lyrics doesn't to me sound like a real person talking about their authentic sexuality in a positive way (i.e. Missy Elliot in some cases, Whitney Houston, Erykah Badu, etc.) but just a cartoonish exaggeration for basic mainstream audiences to enjoy the objectification of women.
So what do you think? Is "WAP" empowering or not?

it empowers that ass to shake

Sigh here we go

i think different things can be empowering to different people

Depends if a girl or a guy making the p**** wet

girls are free to like what they want. who are we to comment on what is empowering for them. talk to a woman.

Why couldnt they rap about s***like ye or sahbabii h**** ass

idk, im not a woman

another 10 pager?

Another thread for losers to talk they s***

OH SHUT THE F*** UP!

This what my girl said

and...here...we...go...

Also OP I'm assuming you're a guy,why should your opinion of what's empowering to women matter if you're not a woman

sahbabii wayne and durk the only rappers allowed to talk about s***fr

Delete thread. We're not doing this again.

your girl real

I'll bite.

I don't really understand the way women particularly use the word "empowered".

Sometimes it's really basic s*** or things that don't make sense to me.

However it's up to an individual to decide what makes THEM "feel empowered". I think this is a laissez faire situation.

empowering avi sis

The worst posters have this avi

Do you ever get a badass feeling when you hear future rap about f***ing a b**** in gucci flip flops?

its corny but its the same idea

Who said it was empowering lol

man idk i don't think it's empowering but it's not supposed to empower me so my opinion doesn't f***ing matter

a site full of men is the worst place to ask, and that's exactly what ktt is

you could argue that mainstream media outlets try to make it more significant than it really is, but at the end of the day it's two black women rapping about what they want to rap about and seeing huge success as a result

good for them, honestly