The problem is that....
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Retired Queen Troll of TUSCL...who will succeed my reign?
When rappers talk about "popping girls" in their lyrics as if they are "popping girls", everyone turns up in the club. But everyone would turn the fuck down and walk out of the club, instead of turn up , if rappers said "popping 16 yr old girls" in particular. Smh..so its only wrong in the eyes of our society to talk about "popping females" if those females are younger than 18? So basically just bc a woman is over 18, sexualizing women in rap lyrics by a
Society is seen as normal rather than perpetuating rale culture bc of her age?
If all that is said in response to this is that"rap music is bad" please buy a pair of eyes as you are blind by missing my point. The point is not to condemn rap lyrics, as it is obvious that should be done. My point is exactly this: if instead of saying just "popping girls", rapper talked about "popping 16 yr old girls" in particular, no one would play their music on the radio or in the club.
Society is seen as normal rather than perpetuating rale culture bc of her age?
If all that is said in response to this is that"rap music is bad" please buy a pair of eyes as you are blind by missing my point. The point is not to condemn rap lyrics, as it is obvious that should be done. My point is exactly this: if instead of saying just "popping girls", rapper talked about "popping 16 yr old girls" in particular, no one would play their music on the radio or in the club.
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Is it okay to objectify strip club customers as animated ATMs?
Happy 4th!
And objectifying women as sex objects is not just a rap thing of this generation. It is in almost all genres of music from any era.
And I am not so sure at this point if 16 year old girls as opposed to girls 18 plus would matter. RAP and strip clubs, especially some of the larger chains of clubs like to push the envelope of acceptance ...it gives them that "gangster feel"
As I've said before there are some older Rap artist I can appreciate and a lesser amount of the newer ones but just about any clown who can throw up his middle finger and move his hands when he talks with a soundcloud account can call himself a musician these.days..........
My view is - water sports are fine when enjoyed by consenting adults. I don’t care what consenting adults do together.
But, if a consenting adult engages in sex with an underage partner - that’s not ok. I’m not judging if 16, 17, or 17.5 years old is old enough. The current age of consent is 18 - and that’s the age I adhere to.
If a rapper writes lyrics about popping a 16 year old - there should be a large group to take issue with a lyrical portrayal of underage sex. However, I would take issue with the rapper and the song - not the entire rap genre.
My view would be the same if a country singer had lyrics about sex with an underage partner. I would take issue with the singer and song - not the genre.
Rap is not the first genre to objectify women. There were many hard rock songs from years ago that offered objectification. Some of the old time rockers did shit that makes today’s rappers look tame by comparison.
-the point is not to talk about rap, but to highlight the SOCIETAL RESPONSE TO RAP and hence our growing comfort rather than discomfort as a society with the way women are talked about.
-you guys are quick to reiterate the fact that rap isn't the first type of music to do this, and that the root of the issue is objectification of women in general , WHICH IS MY VERY POINT LOL and i even explicated this earlier.
-I JUST USED RAP to show the PREVALENCE of the objectification and how it is entrenched within our society based on the fact that jay z is not considered to be a perpetuator of rap culture, but he would be if only if he talked about 16 yr old girls in his lyrics the way does women in general.
-smh ...........i really have to repeat myself multiple times for you guys to get the message..and fuck any comments about being unclear or ambiguous in my post, because i already articulated everything i just stated earlier in my original post ALONG WITH the comments after it.
In my view, with respect to music in general, women seem to own their objectification now. There are many women who are considered “video vixens” - who post on Instagram - and who make very good money through appearing in objectifying videos.
I think objectification will occur in music lyrics as long as there are songs written.
Who gives a fuck anyway?
LMAO Nicole is so self centered that she expects TUSCL responses to only match her train of thought. SMH.
There is a lot to learn from listening to differing points of view. There might be an initially view that is considered correct - but after examination of others input - things can appear very different.
I try to not dismiss anyone (except SJG) - as if I smh-ed at each bizarre - my head would have fallen off already.
BTW I'll stand by my answer............it looks just fine to me 24 hours later......:--)
Rather, i had to say what i said as your comment seemed to articulate a summary of what i had said , a summary which i had to correct out of concern that my thoughts and intentions would be misinterpreted.
This is different than diminishing the importance a comment articulating whether or not you agree with me, something which i did not nor would ever do.
I’ve heard that MackTruck pops a lot of bitches - but he doesn’t objectify them - maybe I’m getting these discussions mixed up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNcbE5Do…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW7K7rCt…
I was getting impatient!