Ever since the sexual revolution of the late 20th century, sexual images in the hip-hop mass media have become more widespread and accepted. For many years now, the hip culture has had a love affair with sexual images its female artists portray. Female artists in this industry have graced the pages of magazines with their images of sexuality. The hip-hop community seemingly applauds women who have a sexy image. The hip hop industry has become …
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…is bad for us to say we respect them. Why create a negative identity of women, when we can construct a positive one. The hip-hop media's message and techniques should be reevaluated and challenged on an ongoing basis in order to achieve a more accurate representation of our women. The hip hop industry and people must understand that women can be beautiful and desired without using their bodies as external sacrificial icons of negative images.