Is 'WAP' a Feminist Masterpiece???
- Isaac Semple
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min read
Cardi B's 'WAP' has stirred up a lot of controversy recently and the track has received a fair bit of backlash. However, some music critics are hailing it as a feminist masterpiece. This sentiment I struggle to come to terms with.
'WAP' which is an acronym for Wet A** P*ssy, in my personal opinion is the furthest thing imaginable from a feminist masterpiece.
Reducing a woman's being to only her sexual promiscuity is going to be extremely damaging to women in the long run.
One thing that people seem to conveniently forget is that Cardi B is a mother and a wife (for now) and whilst she makes music glorifying the stereotypical slut, on a day to day basis she is actually extremely far removed from that lifestyle.

Breeding a generation of young women who feel as if they have to live up to what W.A.P tells them to be is toxic. If men in Hip-Hop demand the stereotypical slut, then surely women further pushing this stereotype in any shape or form are making women more subservient to men by co-signing that male ideal of a woman.
Instead should women not be creating new more realistic ideals that show the multi-faceted nature of women instead of the one dimensional slut.
For a long time now rap music has been centered around money and sex, but W.A.P will most definitely prolong the degradation of women in Hip-hop as it simply reaffirms all the pre-conceived notions men in Hip-hop already have about black women and their promiscuity.
And yes, 'WAP' will only be a disservice to black women as there was not a single white woman in the video.
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