Understanding Rape Rape. A four letter word that 1 in 5 women will experience in their life time (“Rape and Sexual Assault-White House Gallery”). Rape is a type of sexual assault where a person has sexual intercourse without having that persons consent. There are different forms of rape such as anger rape, power rape, and the most common type of rape marital rape (“Types of Rapes”). Rape is so common to the point where people make rape jokes because they are “funny,” it is in our everyday music because it is “catchy” and “they do no mean it.” People do not understand the impact of what rape has on an individual, it is a very traumatic event and can literally change the victim. People always make assumptions such as, men cannot be raped, or …show more content…
In 2012 singer Robin Thicke released a very controversial song called “Blurred Lines.” The song brought some attention because people a lot of people believe that Thicke was promoting rape culture in his song, he uses the lyrics “I know you want it” throughout the song (Thicke). Robin Thicke is not the only person to have a song about rape. Throughout the year’s songs that promote rape, another song would be rapper Rocko’s 2013 song U.O.E.N.O where it is actually the rapper Rick Ross who says that “Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it, I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it (Rocko).” In this song Rick Ross took a girl home put a molly (a type of drug) in her drink and had sex with her, and all this happened without her even knowing about it. Rap and Pop hits are not the only types of music that support rape other songs like “Baby Its Cold Outside” has lyrics that promote rape, but people do not notice it or care because it is “catchy” and “fun to sing along to.” There are also movies that help define the rape culture we know today. The popular movie Grease has a part in the song “Summer Nights” where Kneckie asks Danny if Sandy had to put up a fight when Danny was alluding that Sandy and Danny had sex during the summer. This slam poetry performed by Desireé Dallagiacomo & FreeQuency talk about how rape is tied up together with pop