Lady GaGa and the definition of Femininity

As all of you have noticed by now, Lady GaGa is no mundane pop star. From her quirky sexual songs and live performances, to her outrageous fashion style, GaGa certainly pushes the envelope when it comes to what one considers to be sexy and feminine. Now I understand the irony of these first few statements considering her recent press scare of her being a cross gender person, however this discussion will carry on with the absence of such claims and focus on Lady GaGa as a lady, not a man, or whatever. In an article from becomegorgeous.com (link below) GaGa is shown in four pictures, most appearing fairly normal, and is said as, " exploiting her femininity to the max." having her outfits referred to "very feminine and original." Now, that being said, according to killing us softly, and our class discussion, femininity is said to be, submissive, virginal yet experienced, child like, and ignorant. This seems to me to be in vast contrast of what GaGa represents when she is seen wearing one of her various outfits. As depicted throughout, these outfits almost defy the definition of femininity through their outrageous concepts. Gaga seems not so much a virginal/experienced child like person, but rather a dominatrix from the future sent back to bring us chart topping hits. To the articles defense, the clothing being discussed was not really as flagrant as these which are shown, but they were discussing her outfits in general and what she represented when she wore them. Gaga does portray some of the more sultry definitions of femininity through outfits, showing cleavage or rarely having on pants, to show off her legs, however these subtle additions are over shadowed by flaming breasts or a face cover resembling an undertaker. Gaga seems in some cases to define masculinity more than femininity through her dominance of outfit choice. Whether Lady Gaga exists as an outlier to the pop culture molds, or is taking us to a new era of what artists will do to stand out, I will enjoy seeing what she comes up with next.

http://www.fashion-style.becomegorgeous.com/celebrity_style/lady_gaga_fashion_style-837.html