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Representation in music video - Sexuality

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Representation in music videos can vary in different ways due to many factors, these could include target audience, genre and many more. This then prevents there being a set way in which different parts of society are represented in music videos. However, there is a general consensus in music videos about how sexuality is represented.

In most music videos in this modern era they tend to not cover a lot of relationships other than a heterosexual sexualty due to this being the main feelings of their target audience. many music videos play upon the feelings of their audiences or show a relationship that is heterosexual breaking up or forming. this is a very popular type of show to be in a music video due to the amount of people that can relate to this. Drake plays a large part in this by having several of his music videos having this role play and storyline in it. This then allows his audience to relate to the situations that Drake puts himself and others into on his music videos.

One of the main music videos that comes to mind that is about homosexual relationships would be 'Take me to church' by Hozier. In this music video it involves the main characters which are two men that are in a homosexual relationship to be beaten and their possessions burnt by the straight characters. This does not give a positive image for gay relationships.

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