Cardi B, the New Feminist Role Model?

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Deep Thoughts: Cardi B, the New Feminist Role Model?

Ben Shapiro said something, and the liberal media threw a fit. Same old, same old. Right?

Except this time, Ben Shapiro read Cardi B’s recently-released pornographic lyrics on his radio show, and the radical feminists went for the jugular. In the process, they completely threw women under the bus.

This is what feminists fought for, apparently.

Exhibit A: Here’s Jezebel, the website that promotes women by selling a t-shirt of a uterus giving the middle finger (buy it in all 14 colors!): 

Feminists, cultural critics, and hip-hop fans have discussed women’s bodily autonomy, marketable sex appeal, and the male gaze that dominates the hip hop genre and the culture at large for the last 30 years. This [sh**] isn’t new, and Shapiro certainly didn’t add any nuance to the discussion with his “woman say icky sex word” screed. But instead of worrying about the tender ears of America’s youth, maybe he should be worrying about his wife.

Exhibit B: Here’s the Jewish Daily Forward proudly representing the Jewish values of…. Er, never mind:

The song of the summer is here, courtesy of two talented female rappers, and it’s an anthem that invites women around the world to freely and unapologetically embrace their own sexuality. So, naturally, Ben Shapiro has spent the day complaining about it.

Exhibit C: Here’s the Junkee, which I confess I’ve never heard of and wonder why its writers can’t spell:

Conservatives were already freaking out over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s song ‘WAP’, but podcaster and Daily Wire editor Ben Shapiro has taken it a step further by reading out the lyrics and pearl-clutching on his daily podcast to say “this is what feminists fought for”. He was instantly ridiculed online, which is what feminists actually fought for.

Let’s dissect these “arguments” one by one. First we have: “Rap music has always been gross, so get over it!” argument. Call me crazy, but I’m not persuaded. Apply the same logic to any other social ill (racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, etc.), and it doesn’t pass muster. 

Then you have the “Feminism means embracing our female sexuality” argument. The corollary to this insanity is posited by the Daily Beast with a racial angle (of course): “Across the political spectrum, fear and fury toward Black female sexuality is commonplace, and has been.”  

That begs the question: Why can’t women embrace their sexuality without being vulgar and pornographic? Isn’t there a better landing place on the wide spectrum between prudish and Cardi B? Please, raise your hand if you’re a mom who wants your kids to listen to this song.

Finally you have the people who just can’t resist poking fun at Ben Shapiro, because apparently that’s what feminists fought for. 

Here’s the thing. You don’t have to like Ben Shapiro to be put off by pop culture’s debasement of women. And you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that talking about women like sleazy sex objects encourages people to see women as… well, sleazy sex objects.

The left either hates Ben Shapiro so much that it can’t see past its blinding rage to address important questions about the treatment of women in music, or it truly thinks it’s A-OK to call a woman a WAP. (Hopefully, you too don’t know that acronym and aren’t inclined to look it up.)

Let’s put Shapiro, such as he is, aside for a second, and ask the fundamental question: Do you think this kind of vulgar music is good or bad for women? Let me put it another way: Can you imagine the uproar if a prominent man called a prominent woman a WAP?

It’s a free country. If radical feminists want to act like prostitutes, that’s their prerogative, I suppose. But don’t be shocked and dismayed when the world treats you the way you project yourself.