1. Who are the people that market rap music to the public? What demographic do they come from? And
what benefits do they get out of portraying women in a highly sexualized light?
2. Do the women who participate in the images and videos feel that they are being objectified? If a woman
decides to be an object of sexual desire is she thus by default being objectified?
3. Is there really one direction the finger can be pointed at for blame? Society produces a large demografic
of young males that are attracted to the quick access to money and power brought upon by the creation of rap music.
They are enticed by the lucrative business, and see it as an easy way out. What kind of societal structure do we have
to have young men thinking this is the only way "out". We must ask who maintains and upholds these exploitative systems.
4. What does the success of this music have to say about the values of our society?
5. Why is there such a disproportion of female to male rappers in the industry? What "image" is more marketable
and why? Think about the content of the lyrics themselves, could a female speak of males in such degrating terms as
the males do? Would males allow a female to speak such a way about their "gender"? Why do females allow it, and
perpetuate it by buying into it?
