Gold diggers are just one aspect of misogyny in musical culture. It started in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s with films about gold diggers such as How to Marry a Millionaire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Breakfast at Tiffany's, etc. Both Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn are praised for their roles in these films. At the time they represented the typical woman, and were praised by men all over the world. The audience was attracted by the sexy Lorelei Lee who innocently asked: “Don't you know that a boy is rich is like a girl is pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my God, doesn't it help?" Even the Beatles sang about how a man would buy a girl diamond rings just to make her feel good with the most successful song of the time, Can't buy me love. Madonna also sang about gold diggers, but she used a different term for it, material girl. She represents women in the song and all she cares about in a guy is how much he is willing to spend on her ( “Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me/I think they're fine/If they don't give me proper credit/I'll just walk away”). But a lot has changed since those days when women weren't referred to words like whore, hoe, thot (that hoe over there) and many others. If you look at the lyrics to Kanye's "Gold Digger" and compare them to "Can't be me love" and "Material Girl" you can see the huge difference in the way Kanye
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