Womanizer

Song/Music Video

Collected: February 15th

Music Video can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSLIq6YiRY

Womanizer Lyrics:

Superstar
Where you from, how's it going?
I know you
Gotta clue, what you're doing?
You can play brand new to all the other chicks out here
But I know what you are, what you are, baby

Look at you
Gettin' more than just a re-up
Baby, you
Got all the puppets with their strings up
Fakin' like a good one, but I call 'em like I see 'em
I know what you are, what you are, baby

Womanizer, Woman-Womanizer
You're a womanizer,
Oh womanizer, Oh you're a womanizer, baby
You, you, you are
You, you, you are
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer

Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just-just what you are, are, are (x2)

(You) You got me going
(You) You're oh so charming
(You) But I can't do it
(You) Womanizer

Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just-just what you are, are, are (x2)

(You) You say I'm crazy
(You) I got you crazy
(You) Your nothing but a
(You) Womanizer

Daddy-O
You got the swagger of a champion
Too bad for you
Just can't find the right companion
I guess when you have one too many, makes it hard
It could be easy, who you are, that's just who you are baby

Lollipop
Must mistake me as a sucker
To think that I
Would be a victim not another
Say it, play it how you wanna
But no way I'm ever gonna fall for you, never you, baby

Womanizer, Woman-Womanizer
You're a womanizer,
Oh womanizer, Oh you're a womanizer, baby
You, you, you are
You, you, you are
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer

Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just-just what you are, are, are (x2)

(You) You got me going
(You) You're oh so charming
(You) But I can't do it
(You) Womanizer

Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just-just what you are, are, are (x2)

(You) You say I'm crazy
(You) I got you crazy
(You) Your nothing but a
(You) Womanizer

Maybe if we both lived in a different world
It would be all good, and maybe I could be ya girl
But I can't 'cause we don't

Womanizer, Woman-Womanizer
You're a womanizer,
Oh womanizer, Oh you're a womanizer, baby
You, you, you are
You, you, you are
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer

Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just-just what you are, are, are (x2)

(You) You got me going
(You) You're oh so charming
(You) But I can't do it
(You) Womanizer

Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just-just what you are, are, are (x2)

(You) You say I'm crazy
(You) I got you crazy
(You) Your nothing but a
(You) Womanizer

Boy, don't try to front
I, I know just-just what you are, are, are (x2)
Womanizer, Woman-Womanizer
You're a womanizer,
Oh womanizer, Oh you're a womanizer, baby


This is the music video entitled: "Womanizer" by Britney Spears. It basically talks about a man, the "Womanizer" who is a prime example of a misogynist. The man is courting Britney and she is singing about how he seems nice and she wants to like him a lot but that is just a mask which she sees right through so she'll have nothing to do with him.

This is significant to women's studies because Spears is a celebrity whose reputation is a far cry from that of a feminist, but she is singing a song that any feminist would love. The message of the song is for women not to put up with misogynistic men and not respond to them. This relates to globalization because Britney is recognized and watched all over the world so when she sends a message it is a global message. The video mocks the typical perception of women in society today. In doing so it can help to fight misogyny and objectification of women in countries where women are really oppressed and men are used to seeing Britney and all women as objects. It includes objectifying images of a naked Spears and other ones of spears cooking breakfast for the "womanizer". However, the lyrics that follow shoot down any notion that objectification is ok. It sends the message, "Brittany refuses to be objectified or subordinate, so why shouldn't you?" The song and music video relate to international feminist movements in short, because the song and music video are greatly effective tools supporting the same causes and projecting the same message as the international feminist movement.

In this video one could actually imagine Britney Spears a true feminist and a very very attractive one. One that any man would desire. That supports the feminist cause -and is a great step forward for women- by showing women that you can be a feminist without being an outcast from society, you can still be desirable to men. This is pop culture standing up for women and that is great progress; a step forward for women. Instead of glorifying the subordination of women it is glorifying and glamorizing women who don't put up with being subordinated.