Gangsta rap made me do it

Recently in class we have been discussing the use of gangsta rap in society to discriminate against alot of different groups of people. We have discovered that the lyrics in some of this music can promote many different types of violence, especially against women. They make it seem like women are something to be used and made to be worthless. The rappers that promote this type of thing are very misguided on what they should be putting in their videos. Saying all these differnt things about women in their songs like calling them hoes and bitches, can make their audience believe it is okay to treat women with that type of disrespect. And that certainly is not how anyone deserves to be treated. These entertainers have to realize that their music is listened to be a broader audience then they make expect, and they may have younger viewers they are appealing to that really shouldent be exposed to those ideas. Promoting violence against women, and in general supporting violence is not a responsible way to expose yourself to the public.

Rap supports alot of negative views on the way of life that children are beign raised in today. They make children think that stealing, assualt and even murder are a part of life that is to be just dealed with. When really no one should ever have to go threw some of those things. Suppoting these ideas really speaks to rappers character that they have nothing other to rap about then pimping hoes and killing for no reason.

Male and Female Gender Roles

Over the past little while we have been analyzing the roles that both genders play in todays society. We have noticed that the traditional roles of the two and completely different in that way how one gender has been able to almost dominate society. In todays society to be a man is to be a hero and to know that your the tough guy you think you are. And that women may have the need for men, when really they dont. Women in todays world have come a long way from the days of segregation against women and the women rights movement helped to portray women as real people and a major part of society. Women faught for the right to vote and to be noticed as a person, thats why I dont understand when women go into music videos and do nothing but humiliate themselves at the hands of men. If todays women were not going to respect themselves then what was the point of the entire women rights movenment? It is a very bad sterotype to say that women are not as important as men. Some men still need to realize that it is the 21st century and that we are past the days of objectifying women for a mans personnal needs. But at the same time the women that are still doing these things to set back women as a race, they need to stop all of that and be stronger and stand up and say that they wont do those things anymore because of the way that it objectifies women. They need to think about all that they are throwing away by doing those things.

Now to be a man in today's society isnt really any different because of the pressure that males have to be a fighter and an aggresser in life. All males are told whne growing up is to be stong and tough and to not let anyboby push you around. And that is somewhat true but for some males that is no the way they want to live there life. Most males who are put into these types of violent situations dont want to be there in the first place. But when the pressure is on them they do not turn down because of what they will be called if they dont fight. And no man wants to be called a faggot, pussy, wimp or any other name to make them feel inferior and feel they must fight to be the bigger man. When it turn being a bigger man would be to just walk away and not let those thigns get to you and to really just be yourself.