Rap groups push sick images of what women want and like. If a man were to base his view of women on these media alone it would be easy for him to believe that women are lustful, seductive, dangling something in front of him that he is supposed to rush out and get at any cost. Women are not the only victims. Men are bombarded with sexual images by the culture, but then when they try to approach a real woman and she is not as receptive as they have been led to think she should be, they feel rejected, even angry. Guys and girls need to see through media manipulation and to become more discerning about what it means to build a truly loving, respectful relationship with a man or a woman.
Mass media feeds an immense worldwide market and is extremely profitable.
While it s hard to accept their self-serving statements that their constant use of sexual and violent images are merely reflecting society and has no effect on people s behavior, it s also true that all of us who are consumers of their products are not helpless victims. When we consume their products we collaborate with them in creating a culture which cannot help but reduce men and women to the status of objects to be used, or discarded, rather than full-fledged human beings.