I thought the presentations by the graduate students were very interested and covered extremely relevant topics. I particularly liked the study dealing with the depictions of females in music videos based on their dress and the role they play. I felt this group had a substantial amount of factual information to rely on and pieced together their project quite thoroughly. It was particularly interesting to see the trends in female depictions across the scheme ranging from country music to hip hop. This group's discussion regarding who is to blame for the roles placed on or about women really got the class thinking. I personally feel there is a combination of blame shared by both females, and the executives in the industry. These females are willing to be depicted as sexual objects, yet at the same time, music executives know the power of sexing sell and the immense profit it can bring. This is a very difficult topic to decipher, and this group did an excellent job of providing the facts.