Saturday, April 14, 2007

Music and Women

Okay so let me ask you a question: If you were a woman, would you want to be called a slut, hoe, whore, prostitute, or anything like that? I'm sure that there are not a ton of women waiting in line to be called any of those, and other things that have become very common of hip-hop, rock, and many other popular artists of these days.

Why is this done? I mean do people think that women don’t care whats being said about them in music? It is similar to the use of the N-word. The use of such terms in music, and objectification of women that exists in music videos, and that sort of mentality that exists is what “waters down” the hurtfulness of such words in the minds of some. It boils back down the influence that people let music have in their lives. If people really want to believe that every woman is a hoe, then that’s their business. But if you call me a hoe, then we are going to be fighting.

And if women want to believe that the only way that they can get attention from anybody is to dress as such, then sorry to say ladies...we do nothing to help the stereotype and become no better than the people who say it to us.

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