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In reply to the discussion: Can't a woman enjoy her sexuality without being called a whore? [View all]glowing
(12,233 posts)They were one of the first female groups to have status alongside make peers in club music... If anything, they made more of the men actually add singing in with rapping. And they designed their own clothes. They were the first to come up with the high cut so they could show off their dance moves at a show. It was liberating to be in a club and have a female(s) as the main singers and everyone is still dancing and having a great time.
Years later, and Beyonce has had an amazing run as a solo artist. Many of the dance/ club songs are strong- female songs. No moping about brooding over a man, if the man doesn't put a ring on it, there loss. Her albums have a mix of dance/ club songs and slower, power ballads.
And she seems to have made the right decisions for her in her own time. When she first started dating Jay-Z, there seemed to be a never ending pressure of when they would be married and why wouldn't she marry him. She wanted her career and Beyonce Brand, she and he got married in their own terms and then had a child on their own terms... She was in control of her body and when things were right for her (and she's 10 yrs younger than he is). It doesn't seem like either of them use one another for each others career, but support one another.
Of course, I don't know them personally, but over the last 15 yrs she's seemed like a very strong, independent woman, who has legs like tree trunks, a very curvy body, and has felt no need to enhance anything. If I were to give a word association with Beyonce, it would be Amazon.