Before I start this post, let me just say that I am a big Miley Cyrus fan. However, I am writing this post not as a fan, but as someone who is sick of living in a society that tolerates classic slut shaming and the double standards that perpetuate inside it.



First of all, the We Can't Stop - Blurred Lines performance at the VMAs: The performance was quite over the top with all the twerking, the foam finger and the excessive tongue action, but why did no one notice how Miley completely reversed the expected gender roles in society? In Thicke's video, he is surrounded by a bunch of naked girls who look like mere props as he sings "I know you want it" full with sexual innuendo. The song itself can be considered "rapey" in which blurred lines reference to "does no really mean no?" In the same sense, the lyrics remind people that women's role in sexual acts is simply as an object or a prop, and that a woman should be contented with being submissive to the man's demands. In Miley's performance with Robin, however, she completely inverted this misogynistic notion by making Robin look like the prop. During the whole performance, Robin appeared to be the back-up, and seemed so powerless as Miley danced around him, even using the foam finger to grope him. She was the one singing the lines to Robin about "trying to domesticate you", showing how women can also be the dominant one. Though the performance went too far and was over the top, Miley deserves to be lauded for being brave enough to express her sexuality and completely reverse a chauvinistic song.