Until Further Titling – Week 2; Covenantal Love
I hesitate to include the following raunchy rap music video, because it is pretty inappropriate. We are all adults here, though, and I will not embed such a nasty presentation, as I think a link will suffice…
Pop music, rap in particular, makes a business of insulting and objectifying women in ways that can only be described as abuse. This trend has picked up in recent years, and in 2009, 97% of the billboard top 100 songs were about sex. Much of it is aimed at the idea that women are tools for men’s sexual desires. If you listen to the radio today, you will be inundated with sexual lingo and words that were banned from the public sphere not a generation ago (not to mention the public airwaves). To me, the rise in such concern with sexuality is a result of the feminist movement and the Sexual “Revolution,” which have sought to free people from the responsibilities that come with adult sexual expression. Most people know very well that there is a problem with the way our culture views sexuality. This video is a disgusting parody of the musical and social subtexts to our culture, which value people’s parts over people themselves. Be warned. It isn’t pretty, and the language is atrocious. But why? Male rappers have an easy enough time talking about women’s breasts and butts without us thinking twice. Why, when the tables are turned, is the raunchiness elevated? You be the judge. This one is offensive…
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I wholeheartedly agree with this post. This needs to be talked about more frequently, especially in Catholic media.
I consider there to be a racist element in it as well, because now many black kids think the 'gangsta life' is where it's at, with total materialism, sex, and easy life without any sense of reality. And to track with this, black women think they must dress trashy and not expect a wedding ring and true commitment. Some sources say 71% of black children born today are illegitimate, and such music definitely plays a role.
It was the MoTown type hits that showed blacks could be just as talented and equal in dignity as whites, and this was very successful through the 60s-70s. But unfortunately they bought into the rap/hiphop lie and threw away their amazing legacy (which is not forgotten by those of us who know better).
I think it's highly ironic that offensive terms like 'nigger' and abusive comments towards women would get a regular person fired today, and yet rap music makes money off of using such terms and as you said degrading women to the worst levels. If the media truly cared about treating people with respect, they'd be up in arms over rap music.