Sex & Violence & The Media Gods

My second paper that I am writing for class is all about sex, violence, and the media gods that create it. This topic is of particular interest to me because I am going into the field of the media. I do not want to be associated with sexual violence in the ads or public relations events that I produce therefore, learning about places you find sexual violence is a way for me to ensure that I stay away from these avenues in the future.

For me rap music is a huge media god for sexual violence. It is basically rappers verbalizing sex and violence. They are referring to women as objects and how you can "use them and abuse them." Just listen to some verses... "I got 99 Problems and a Bitch ain't one"... "I like big butts and I cannot lie." Those are just a couple but they go to all extremes. The problem with rap music is that all of its messages are hidden underneath the catchy beat. As a result society gets too distracted with the song's tune that they do not listen to the lyrics to actually realize what the song is saying.

We have all been there... dancing to a good rap/hip-hop song and then as we are dancing and singing along we realize what we are actually singing. And we stop for a second and go wow! that is a horrible thing to say... however, we keep going because we want to keep dancing...