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Increased exposure and commercialization of the hip hop genre and its artists has allowed hip hop to influence social, financial and economic factors. As well as these factors that can be affected hip hop, hip hop also has ability to falsely represent women and encourage sexual violence. Misogyny in hip hop songs and videos can influence and alter a males view on women. This presents of misogyny in many aspects of hip hop can lead to males believing that this type of behavior is appropriate; thus expanding the dilemma of misogyny in hip hop. This misogynistic representation of women and hurtful behavior can also easily influence the youth, allowing them to grow up accepting and demonstrating this type of behavior. This behavior is often promoted and encouraged, yet it adds to the damaging stereotypes about women. Much of these behaviors conveyed by male hip hop artists include, boasting about sexual violence or trying to control women in a way that will benefit them. With this being said, male artists often use sexual violence to control women, often reducing a woman's confidence in-order tone them down or muffle them. These acts of misogyny are conveyed to the public and are often times reflected. According the the article "Black Women and Black Men in Hip Hop Music: Misogyny, Violence and the Negotiation of (White-Owned) Space" by Rebollo‐Gil, Guillermo, and Amanda Moras, the genre of hip hop is a dangerous place for women. The hip hop genre is a male dominated scene where women are scene as an external force; therefore, women are misrepresented. This can have a significant impact being that these acts of misogyny that are seen with in hip hop can be translated to other aspects of society.