Ask any skinhead wetbrain impatiently waiting for the Fourth Reich what music he listens to. Or how gay folks feel listening to gangsta rap. Sure, music is life. And life as we wish it to be. And life as liars claim it to be.
Child abuse is all of the above too.
More like a passenger, the way I see it. Viagra won't cure castration. If people's feelings change as a result of exposure to art, that's nice. But that's all. Here's an example from ground zero.