Topic > Rape Culture Discourse - 1196

This includes music, television, newspapers, magazines and social media. I will focus on how rape culture is promoted through music. Rape is still strong because of how free and indifferent our people are towards rape culture. No one is willing to hold criminals accountable for their actions. When the media takes rape lightly, it conditions everyone to see rape as a minor thing and not a really big deal. Rick Ross isn't the only entertainer in the music industry who has promoted rape culture. Pop mogul Robin Thicke released a controversial song in 2013 called “Blurred Lines.” With lyrics like "I know you want it", the song conceptualizes consent as a "fuzzy" idea. A ballad that has been played on holidays since the 1940s, "Baby It's Cold Outside" showcases the persistent attempts on a young woman who keeps saying no over and over again. He tries to persuade her with alcohol, she even asks him if he put something in her drink. Dave Matthews Band's Crash Into Me promotes stalking, the singer describes himself looking at a girl in a voyeuristic manner. At the end of the song Dave