In today's society, our media is the source through which many people receive messages or information. The music provides messages of the artist's past life experiences such as difficulties and points of success. TV conveys ideas about the latest trends and expectations for the “ideal life”. Movies portray the heroic role that men should have at all times, while always making women seem like a fragile and helpless character. In other words, the media is the filter through which living standards or guidelines are presented to people. However, these standards or guidelines are sometimes not as accurately represented as one might think and in some cases are even distorted. As a result, some of the content portrayed in the media can sometimes emotionally harm men and women. Analyzing what specifically causes this emotional damage can perhaps provide us with a better understanding of ways to properly filter media. One major source of media that has the potential to emotionally harm women is music, especially rap. Today's famous artists like Lil Wayne, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa and many ten more...
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