He doesn’t need to converse with them or understand who they are, he just would like to know when they are saying something sexual. Their bodies say all that he needs to know. In this song, Jason doesn’t need to understand the girls that he is… spending time with… as he travels the globe as an international popstar. “Been around the world, don’t speak the language / But your booty don’t need explainin’ / All I really need to understand is when you talk dirty to me.” Let’s look at Jason Derulo’s song “Talk Dirty.” It never went anywhere, it just became catchy. Now that we live in a postmodern society, one where much of the world is decolonized and women are increasingly in leadership roles and taking on jobs that men have historically taken, one would think that all of this hypersexualizing was a thing of the past. Now remember, European women in western societies were not equal to men socially, politically, or economically, but these women were not being hypersexualized in the extreme ways that foreign women were.Īs the discussion went on, I immediately began thinking about the Jason Derulo song “Talk Dirty,” countless other rap songs about foreign cars and foreign broads, and one of my past boyfriends who always talked about wanting a “foreign piece.” The day before the Jason Derulo concert I was sitting in my postcolonial literature class discussing how non-European women were often viewed as exotic and sexually desirable when the European empires were colonizing Africa, Eastern Asia, and beyond. You know how sometimes you don’t realize how vulgar a song is until it’s playing in front of your parents? Or, you sing along with a popular song on the radio because it’s super catchy, not even realizing what the lyrics are saying or thinking about whether you agree with the message or not?Īs a fan of hip-hop, rap, and pop music, this is an all too common occurrence for me (Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” anyone?). I think I would have had an even better time at this concert, though, if I wasn’t so observant, skeptical, and feminist. You may have pushed your way through the crowd to get as close to the stage as possible and you might have even sang (or screamed) “It Girl” at the top of your lungs. By Sarah you’re anything like my sister, best friends, and I, and you were at the Jason Derulo concert last week and you had an absolute blast.
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