When looking at today society everywhere you turn is sex. Today’s kids are being bombarded with sexual images. It is shown and talked about on social media, magazines, television and even musical lyrics. When I turn on the radio first thing in the morning it doesn’t matter what station comes on the lyrics are about sex. Usher, raps about strippers. Chase Rice, a country singer, talks about riding on a girl all night long. Even rock groups like Nickelback have had songs such as Animals out since 2005."In 2009, a study by psychology professor Dawn R. Hobbs at the State University of New York found that 92 percent of the 174 songs that made it into the Billboard Top 10 that year contained sexual content... (the corsaironline). …show more content…
The song starts out by saying “Shawty, I don’t mind if you dance on a pole That don’t make you a ho...You can take off your clothes Long as you coming home, girl, I don’t mind.”(Usher). Granted the lyrics are catchy and the music has a very nice beat to it but, is being a stripper something to be proud of? Some people would argue that rap, R&B, and hip-hop are the only genres in which sex is talked about the majority of the time. However, that is not true. When the country song “Ride” originally by SoMo was redone by Chase Rice, it sold over 431,000 copies. Country fans loved it, and in February of 2016 it was number 38 on the Hot Country Songs. The chorus of the song goes like this “Take off those heels, lay on my bed Whisper dirty secrets while I'm pulling on your hair Poison in our veins but we don't even care Candles drippin' on your body, baby this ain't truth or dare”(Chase). So not only is this song talking about sex, but it hints at S&M. The hair pulling and hot candle wax tells our youth that its normal to have pain in an healthy and active sex …show more content…
Whether it is through music videos, on stage, or on album covers. "Sure, women can have amazing voices and still show off their bodies, but when the facade of sexual prowess on the outside outshines the talent, which is the case for most female artists, then it just reinforces the music industry’s trend of selling sex for money."(the corsaironline). In 2014, former Disney Princess Miley Cyrus, got up on stage in Melbourne, Australia and flaunted her sexuality for money. Her antics included touching her own crouch, faking a orgy with back up dancers on a huge bed, biting a ladies rear-end and dancing with a blow up sex doll. Parents in the audience were appalled. Some left, some demanded a refund, but most just stayed, watched and complained about it later. Were her actions acceptable? Some people thought no, but any publicity even bad publicity is money. After her escapade her shows were still sold out, and her records were still bought for younger kids. Which is why artists can get away with doing such things. Coming across a CD with two rhinos mating on the front cover, might be appalling for some people, but mostly it is considered the norm. This cover represents Nickelback’s second album entitles Animals. Recorded in 2005 and number one on Billboards Mainstream Rock Tracks for months. “I got both hands on the wheel while you got both hands on my gears By now, no doubt that we were heading