Red neck woman ~ February 15, 2010

I chose to write on Gretchen Wilson’s song/ video of Redneck Woman. This song is interesting to me because I like the way she describes every stereotype of what a red neck woman are supposed to have and in some ways prove that “red neck” women really do not care what other people think about their life style. The video is a great representation for the words in the song because it starts out with her riding around on a 4 wheeler getting all muddy, which is something that a “classy” woman would not do. This is a great representation of the lyrics being sung because it is telling the audience how she really feels along with the visual of what is generally not expected from a woman. Also she uses footage of her driving a big pick-up truck and her going “muddin” with other red neck types of people. Lots of people perceive red neck women to be pregnant or with lots of children running at their feet in a trailer park. Gretchen is trying to tell people to think past that stereotype and say that she does not need fancy designer clothes to make her feel special or to make her man love her like other “classy” people. Another thing about her visual argument is when she is singing in the bar to all her “red neck sisters”. This adds to her visual argument because “classy” women usually do not step foot in a bar so this is where she chose to shoot the video. In her song some of the lyrics are that she prefers beer over wine, she can get the same stuff as any other person at Wal-mart for cheaper, and that she isn’t some prissy doll. These descriptions tend to make up a “red neck woman” but Gretchen is just telling her listeners that she is just as much a woman than someone who does the opposite as her.

That's all for now!
~Ali