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Nora Sakari: Joint Venture

In this sense , African-American women have to experience the pressure of conforming to the Eurocentric concept of beauty in for them to fit in . Nevertheless , this should not be the case as they have to be comfortable with who and what they are but sometimes this is very difficult to do especially if the media like hip-hop music videos are promoting otherwise

Effects of Hip-hop Music Videos to African-American Women

The influence of hip-hop music videos to African-American women is clearly seen in the way by which these women regard themselves

br Nevertheless , the effect of these music videos do not only influence the way African-American women think but it also has affects their behavior Based on a study conducted by Petterson and her associates , the perception of portrayals of sexual stereotypes in rap music videos may cultivate a norm among African American females regarding the desirability of certain physical characteristics and sexual behaviors (Petterson et al , 1162 . These music videos greatly affects the sexual behavior of African-American women especially those in the adolescent stage because they have this belief that these music videos exemplifies what women like them should be and this involves being sexually active In line with this , the sexual behaviors that African-American women have also pose substantial risk to their health because they could acquire diseases from it . As the study shows the prevalent sexualized images of young , attractive African American females in rap music videos may serve as models for engaging in sexual behavior with multiple partners an act associated with an increased risk of exposure to STDs , including HIV (Petterson et al . 1162 . Being the case , hip-hop music videos should properly screened in to prevent sending negative messages that affects the well-being of African-American women

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Chung , Sheng Kuan . Media /Visual Literacy Art Education...

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