Beyoncé: 'Feminist Or Sexual Terrorist'

Beyoncé the Feminist or Sexual Terrorist The article “Beyoncé: Sex Terrorist” written by Noah Berlatsky introduces the difference between moralizing a message in an appropriate or inappropriate manner. Fox pundit Bill O’Reilly addresses how Beyoncé’s video “Partition” is an inappropriate way of expressing art, being that some of her fans are teenage women who idolize her. Bell Hooks, the feminist scholar, expresses the same worries for our younger generation of women. This article proposes that sexual terrorism is the result of unwanted pregnancies, and traumatic disorders for young women all around. I agree with both Bill O’Reilly and Bell Hooks point of view on Beyoncé’s video “Partition”. Sexual terrorism is known as a system by which males frighten, control and dominate females. Sexual terrorist view rape as a power-motivated crime, while feminist view rape to be wrong, ignored, and not taken seriously. Bill O’Reilly agreed with this concept when he stated “Teenage girls look up to Beyoncé, particularly women of color. Why would she do it when she knows the devastation of unwanted pregnancies…” (Berlatsky). It seems that Bill is curious as to why and how Beyoncé could support such a distressing topic such as rape when it
stating that she is okay with being vulnerable and controlled by a man’s sexual misconduct. In the video “Partition” Bell Hooks see’s black women being degraded, from that she gathered that “Beyoncé is presented as child-like and vulnerable in a way that fits the images of black women as disempowered, available for men, and abused” (Berlatsky), meaning that this is not a liberatory image. The video” Partition” poses a question as to what message is Beyoncé trying to get across. From speculations, Beyoncé seems to be a full supporter of both sexual terrorism and misconduct, which means she is not a true