Topic > Sex and violence in music - 1011

Throughout history, society has been enchanted by music. Whether it's rituals, emotional release, religious release, or just relaxing with music, it has been at the heart of our society. We use music to express ourselves, to tell stories and let others into our thoughts. However, we often wonder whether what we are saying has an effect on the listening audience. References to music have recently been made to link violent and deviant behavior to music. The main social issues that could arise in the next twenty years due to violence and sexuality in today's music are an increase in promiscuity in our society, an increase in the crime rate and a decrease in respect between people. Music is perhaps one of the most influential forces we have encountered. They have many abilities that have existed since the beginning of time. Music is the most influential industry in the world and has the power to send messages to millions of people and provide an outlet for protest, it generates billions of dollars, captures the attention of people around the world and even has the power to have positive effects. effects on our mental health. But does it have too important a role in society? Music plays a very important role in today's society. The degree of influence music has is astonishing. The mass media still have a great influence on our lives; radio and television are still very influential. Television has shown us an unspeakable number of images of suffering, sexuality and violence. Music can have a deeply held meaning for its listeners. It can change a perspective on life or have a negative or positive outcome. Children are one of the most impressionable human beings walking this green earth. They are in the stages where their identity is forming. This identity is influenced by their environment, in which a child mirrors an action. They begin to notice how a person behaves, whenever he is polite, rude and foul-mouthed. The effect of music on children is truly amazing, as boys begin to see women as sexual objects. They feel they have the freedom to be sexually aggressive towards girls (Alleyne Richard 1), many studies have shown that the use of musical lyrics has shown an increase in indulgence towards deviant behavior among young men and young women . (Anderson, Craig 2) Studies have shown that men have a more tolerant attitude towards violent and excessive sexual advances, which is the exact opposite of women, who have less tolerance.