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Originally Posted by dark frog i am a girl duh but i don't think rap music is degrading to women i have listend to rap music since i was 4 so no its not and i am not 19 by the way |
You've actually never listened to the lyrics then have you. Maybe this will open your eyes a bit.
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Man this hoe you can have her, when I'm done I ain't gon keep her
Man, b*tches come and go, every nigga pimpin know
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Yup 50 cent at his finest.
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With a body that rides all sexual
I got a stick, I'll ride right next to you
Do a doughnut, and cut, and I'll open it up
On the freeway, d*ck in her mouth, foot on the clutch
Rule b*tch, not givin' a f*ck
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Wow this isn't depicting women as sex objects at all
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You f*ck with us, b*tch, something gettin' broken
Your leg, arm, jaw, nose, pick a part.
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Ahh promoting violence toward women, how manly.
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...gangsta rap, a popular West Coast music style distinguished by lyrics that graphically describe scenes of gunplay, sex, drug use and violence, often depicts women negatively; their roles rarely extend beyond being kidnapped, held hostage, brutally gang raped at gunpoint, or murdered. 24 Studies have found that exposure to rap music does, in fact, "tend to lead to a higher degree of acceptance of the use of violence (including violence against women)."
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One woman is raped every two minutes in the United States.
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Every nine seconds in America a woman is physically abused.
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I'm not saying Rap is to blame, but some of the songs do promote abuse or non-empathetic views on women.
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There is no simple explanation for the frequency of violent crimes against women, but it has been suggested that one contributing factor may be the way women are portrayed in the media. Women are often depicted as victims of violence or as sexual objects, and researchers have found that these media portrayals may influence how women are viewed and treated in society.
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http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/vwm.htm the whole article here (which doesn't just single out rap music)
and here is a really intreasting read
http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/vol8is2/armstrong.html