From Fly Girls To Bitches And Hos Analysis

If there are two words that do not belong together, they are feminism and India. The stringent, traditional culture that encompasses the majority of India has no place for feminism. It is a male-dominated society where the value of a woman is measured by her dowry. Feminism in India tries to create a voice for women, where their value is measured in their intelligence and willingness to succeed rather how much money she can bring to her husband’s family. It also allows problems like female infanticide and female oppression to be heard so the country can change it. However, it is difficult for feminists, many of whom are women, to display their thoughts to the rigid, traditional society in India. Art is the medium that women, like other oppressed groups, use to express their feelings and allow their voices to be heard. Art allows tortured, suppressed voices to be heard in more ways than words could ever allow. Art, like paintings, enable women to be a part of the feminist movement in India to show their views and explain why gender equality is vital to India. …show more content…
In Joan Morgan’s “From Fly Girls to Bitches and Hos,” hip-hop is used to express the pain the black men have in their life. Hip-hop shows how powerless black men feel in contrast to the real enemies of society – racism (Morgan 203). It is hard for black men to live their life and it is reflected in their music. According to Morgan, the love between blacks have turned into hate and since that hate is to blacks and not racism which is the source of the hate (Morgan 201). Hip-hop has allowed black men to express their feelings through music and gives them power where they feel like they have none. Similarly, paintings help the Indian feminist movement to express their feelings. The struggles everyday women in India face are reflected in the paintings and how powerless women are under the strict society and how impossible it is to live out their