Women's Image in Arabic Songs (An Analytical Study of how Women Appear in the Most Viewed Songs on YouTube for the Year 2021)

Abstract

Women play multiple important roles in society.  They are mother, wife, lover, friend, sister, colleague, daughter, and grandmother.  Today, video songs are considered one of the sources of shaping the image of women among young people, due to their large number of views, which reach millions of views.  This research aims to know the features of women in 20 Arabic video songs that received the highest views in 2021 on YouTube.  It also aims to know the roles in which women appear.  The research is considered descriptive research, and the researchers used the content analysis approach. One of the most prominent results of the research is that the woman appeared in most of the songs as a dancer and singer, and she also appeared as a lover.  In the first place, which is the weakness of her appearance as a wife and mother.  She also appears in most songs with a happy personality, which are images that do not represent the reality of Arab women, and this contradiction between the image of women in songs and their image in reality may contribute to the formation of a confusing image of them in the minds of young people.