Women as objects

When reading Black Noise by Tricia Rose, I couldn't help but to incorporate another class of mine in my observations. When reading about the black culture of hip hop and rap, the women came to mind. Not the female rappers but the females in the background. You know, the ones shaking everything and gettin down. These girls/women feel so empowered being in a music video, or a back up dancer on stage, they think of it as success, even though most of the time they're half naked. What I don't think they think about it that the only reason they're in that video or on that stage is for men to look at them, they are merely an object. If women took the time to think about that I feel that there might be a few less women up on the stages half naked dancing, but then again, maybe most women already know this and just don't care, as long as they feel good about it and make money they may be happy. My point is, that when men see women acting that way they may just think of them as objects or sexual slaves that are just easy. For example the woman and the famous rapper at the Def Jam video shoot conference. He kept trying to feel her up, and give her sexual looks or comments. Maybe if women didn't present themselves a certain way in the media men would have more respect for them.