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  • Essay / Rape Culture Discourse - 1196

    This includes music, television, newspapers, magazines, and social media. I'm going to focus on how rape culture is promoted through music. Rape is still widespread because of our people's freedom and indifference to rape culture. No one is willing to hold offenders accountable for their actions. When the media makes light of rape, it conditions everyone to view rape as a minor thing and not a very serious problem. Rick Ross isn't the only artist in the music industry promoting rape culture. Pop mogul Robin Thicke released a controversial song called "Blurred Lines" in 2013. With lyrics such as "I know you want it", the song conceptualizes consent as a "fuzzy" idea. A ballad performed during the holidays since the 1940s, "Baby It's Cold Outside" depicts the persistent attempts on a young woman who keeps saying no. He tries to persuade her with alcohol, she even asks him if he put anything in her drink. Dave Matthews Band's Crash Into Me promotes stalking, with the singer describing himself looking at a girl like a voyeur. At the end of the song Dave