In this video for 'anaconda' by Nicki Minaj, within the first twenty seconds, there is a long shot with Nicki in the center, showing power. She is surrounded by other females, all (barely) dressed in revealing and suggestive underwear. This could be seen as empowering because Nicki is standing in a triumphant and bold position, surrounded by women. Alternatively, this could be seen as degrading due to the fact that the women are dressing in a way that is seen as appealing to the male gaze. Instantly after this shot the video cuts to a close up of a woman's ass. there is nothing empowering about this, it is placing the woman directly in the male gaze showing only her assets and not denying/hiding the fact that this video is based around womens' asses & their sexually pleasing moves. However, at 1:34, there is a change of scenery and Nicki and an entourage of women are in a gym, once again, nicki is wearing ridiculously revealing clothing which would be seen as planting her right in the male gaze. In addition, one of the women in the scene has 'bunz' printed on the back area of her gymshorts, once again reinforcing the fact that these women aren't empowered, they are playing into the male gaze because 'buns' is slang for a woman's buttocks, these women are happily becoming objectified. To counter this view, the video features only women for the first three minutes which could be viewed as empowering because it introduces the view that the women are doing/wearing everything by their own choice instead of being told to by men. After the first three minutes, a Man appears in the video. Nicki is then seen crawling seductively towards him, this could be seen as degrading because it is her doing the crawling and he is waiting, sitting on a chair, Above her.Nicki then dances sexually and seductively around/on the man until the video ends.