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A Kaiser Family Foundation Study in 2005 showed that 85% of youth ages 8–18 listen to music each day

Music's effect on how women are perceived.
315 million people listen to music every day. 1 in every 234 words in lyrics are a swear word. Often these words are used as a negative connotation to women and their bodies. This may lead us to question whether or not these lyrics are bringing negative images in people's minds about women.

People who listen to music may be obtaining these messages exploiting women without them being aware of the effects. There are multiple online articles that seek to identify songs that have misogynistic undertones woven throughout them. For example, an article in the online US women's magazine Bustle provided a clip of lyrics from the song "Fine China" by Chris Brown. He sings "It's alright, I'm not dangerous / When you're mine, I'll be generous / You're irreplaceable; Collectible / Just like fine China." The article went on to conclude that the song was demeaning to women by referring to them as objects or possessions. Another example of this is found in the song "Animals" by Maroon 5. A lyric from this song is "Baby I'm preying on you tonight. Hunt, you down eat you alive. Just like animals."

Music is very important in many people's lives. It can bring therapeutic tones to us which can be good for mental health. Because of this the issue to profanity that negatively addresses women is a problem. In July of 2018 there was a movement about the "restrictions on language eroding women's ability to craft narrative in music." The movement addressed the importance of how women and mainly their bodies are portrayed in songwriting. They spoke about all matters such as, women having the ability to feel comfortable with these lyrics and not as if they are being objectified.

Many people are aware that women did not gain their rights until the 1920's. Knowing this we still find ourselves being subjective to women and treating them as though they are lesser than a man. Many of the songs with implemented bad language come from rap music. An article on the "Los Angeles Times" talks about these issues by asking the question, "Does rap music disrespect women, girls? In asking this they interviewed many young children to get their responses. One child at the age of 17 mentioned " Let's put it like this: The only way a female can be disrespected is it she's a "ho". Most raps are written from experience. Just because rappers sing about "hos" doesn't mean every female is one. Rapping is either about what you have been through, or it is made to sell records. A lot of girls get offended by what rappers say, but another reality is it’s hard for a black man to make a living in this world. You have to be heard. We have a lot of gifts and talents in South-Central Los Angeles, but not a lot of people come here. I know a lot of kids who write good poetry, but if one kid has a bad image, people on the outside think we’re all alike."

As mentioned in the information above, women are obviously not being treated with the respect deserved. This has been a theme from many years ago that has yet to seem to surpass it's time. Women have morals and should be treated as equally and with just the same amount of respect as anyone else deserves. Whether male or female people are to be treated as human beings and are not to be objectified based on image or bodies. This is becoming more and more of a problem in music and should be more noticed by our everyday listeners, or at least shown that this music is using inappropriate terms for women.