Rap music and self-esteem

Michael Dyson , a professor at the University of Pennsylvania says Misogyny and sexism are big .in America culture . The degrading of women is visualized and vocalized in a very violent fashion ' through Hip-Hop culture . A study conducted in August of 2006 RAND , a non-profit think tank , conducted a study that concluded that teenagers who listen to sexually degrading music ' become sexually active earlier . The study was conducted by using telephone interviews of a sample of 1242 individuals between 12 and 17 years old . Their sexual morays were discussed initially and again after

three year had passed . They were interviewed , too as to their musical preference as it related to 16 popular groups whose music most likely to contain degrading lyrics from

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the Rap .genre . The lyrics classified as degrading depicted sexually insatiable men pursing women valued only as sex objects ' this qualification comes from Steven Martino and his colleagues from Rand The study suggests the lyrics objectifying women offer teems a script ' dictating what is the norm when a teenager is faced with ambiguous situations ' The study went on to conclude that repeated exposure to these lyrics might eventually cause the subject to act out these stereotyped gender roles ' Girls , in particular , could be conditioned to take a submissive role on their sexual relationships and to be treated with disrespect by their partners ' Conversely teenage boys may interpret reckless male sexual behavior as `boys being boys ' and dismiss girls ' sexual preferences and desires as inconsequential ' Not only are the lyrics to these songs potentially damaging in this regard , but also the accompanying videos reinforce this aberrant and immature view of relationships . Morgan Crooks , a 16-year old high-school student from New Jersey watches music videos with the devotion most record companies long for ' The...