{"id":4481,"date":"2021-10-13T01:07:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T01:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/portfolios\/bollywood-song-9-mere-rashke-qamar-by-junaid-asghar\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T01:07:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T01:07:14","slug":"bollywood-song-9-mere-rashke-qamar-by-junaid-asghar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/portfolios\/bollywood-song-9-mere-rashke-qamar-by-junaid-asghar\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood Song #9: \u201cMere Rashke Qamar\u201d by Junaid Asghar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am analyzing the most viewed Bollywood music videos on YouTube using the Sex Role Perspective. While analyzing with the Sex Role Perspective, I will utilize the items for evaluating masculinity and femininity as presented by Hyde (1995, p. 134), and these specific items will be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">italicized<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In this post, I will be discussing the music video for \u201cMere Rashke Qamar\u201d by Junaid Asghar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link to video: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2nBJ_FFQuLI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mere Rashke Qamar Tu Ne Pehli Nazar &#8211; By Junaid Asghar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Evaluating Masculinity<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Reinforcing stereotypes<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The main male character is shown wearing a suit and tie, working hard in a nice big city corporate office. This portrayal reinforces stereotypically masculine traits of being <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ambitious, independent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">self-sufficient<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The male character is shown taking pictures of the main female character across the street from his office window while she is not looking and later looking at them. In a way, this gives him power over her and objectifies her, which presents him as more <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dominant, forceful,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and stereotypically <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">masculine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in general.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Resisting stereotypes<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, the male character is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">soft-spoken<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and somewhat <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in his relationship with the female character, both stereotypically feminine traits. Although the male character is very obviously interested in her, the relationship does not move forward until the female character takes notice and decides to pursue it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The song lyrics which a male singer sings during this music video are quite <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tender<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">affectionate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with lines like \u201clightning struck me and destroyed me, you ignited such a fire\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Evaluating Femininity<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Reinforcing stereotypes<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the main male character works in a serious corporate office environment, the main female character works in a seamstress store across the street, portraying her as less of an ambitious professional. The female character is represented as stereotypically <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">feminine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in this way.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In general, the female character wears clothing and is shown in environments that are very colorful, a stark contrast to the blacks and grays which the male character is largely associated with. With this color scheme, the female character is presented as more <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">warm, cheerful<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and even <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">childlike<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with bright colors surrounding her.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the male character shows the female character that he has been taking pictures of her across the street through his office window, she giggles and smiles. This presents her as stereotypically <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">yielding<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as she is not at all offended by or questioning of this situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the song lyrics, the male singer says, \u201cshe was shy of answering my questions,\u201d explicitly describing his female lover with the stereotypically feminine trait of being <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shy.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When with the male character, the female character offers him chocolate and touches the chocolate onto his nose in a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">gentle<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">affectionate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Resisting stereotypes<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the male character waves to her through his office window, the female character waves back but then shows a look of annoyance or disgust. This portrays her to have a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">strong personality<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a stereotypically masculine trait.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The female character appears to work hard at her job in a seamstress store and appears to have somewhat of a leadership role in this store, as she is shown writing and walking around, not sewing clothes. This presents her as being <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ambitious<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">self-sufficien<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">t, and having a<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0leadership ability<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">In regard to her relationship with the male character, the female character is somewhat <i><span>dominant<\/span><\/i><span> and <\/span><i><span>independent<\/span><\/i><span>, both stereotypically masculine traits. This is so because this relationship does not progress until the female character notices and decides to act on the male character\u2019s very obvious interest in her, which had been going on for a while.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am analyzing the most viewed Bollywood music videos on YouTube using the Sex Role Perspective. 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