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Claim back the music! : Comments

By Dannielle Miller, published 8/4/2008

What about having one official day when music debasing women is banned from the airwaves?

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I wonder whether the author read the actual article or just ABC News' (Reuters) version of it. The researchers concluded that "The results of this research may be viewed as a partial victory for popular critics of misogynistic rap music. As many critics have suspected, misogynistic rap primes more sexist attitudes in males. Most interestingly, it also primes more defensive attitudes in females. Ironically, then, the response of our female participants to Eminem’s 'Kill You' provides some support for the argument that his lyrics are so absurd that his Slim Shady character essentially becomes a parody of unacceptable behavior (Doherty, 2000; Ross & Saxe, 2001)"[1].

I agree that most video clips today are displaying young women purely for the 'male gaze' and this should be fought against, but really, Eminem is not the monster these critics of rap make him out to be. He is parodying the worst of the genre.

1. Cobb, Michael D. and William A. Boettcher, III (2007),'Ambivalent Sexism and Misogynistic Rap Music: Does Exposure to Eminem Increase Sexism?' Journal of Applied Social Psychology 37(12):3025–3042.
Posted by Shadyoasis, Friday, 11 April 2008 1:37:49 PM
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Why don't all you feminist losers quit crying and grow up
Posted by Steel, Monday, 14 April 2008 1:47:58 AM
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Probably because there just aren't enough reasonable, articulate and mature role models like you around for all of us gals to get our pretty little heads around.(sob)
Posted by Romany, Monday, 14 April 2008 3:34:16 PM
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