Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke quickly became one of the most controversial songs of the decade. It features the three male performers surrounded by barely dressed (and in one version topless) women posing and dancing around them. It was even branded a "rape song" and had been described as "rapey" in 2013. In 2013, rape victims even compared words spoken by their attackers to lines from the song.
The women in the video are clearly being used for the purpose of display. The video seems to suggest that the women are weak and the men can control them. We can see that the men are fully clothed as opposed to the women who wear near to nothing, which emphasizes the fact that they are being used as "sexual objects". The lyrics also suggest that women are being objectified against their will, making them seem weak.
Despite this, Post-Feminists might say that the women in the video appear confident as they dance around the male performers. They look like they are having fun and enjoying themselves and are embracing the fact that they are sexually attractive.
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