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Playing Eminem At Work May Be Sexual Harassment, According To Court
Workplace music that is degrading toward women may constitute sexual harassment, according to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
www.forbes.com
Workplace music that is degrading toward women may constitute sexual harassment, according to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court ruling was in response to a lawsuit against a clothing manufacturer in which plaintiffs complained that the misogynistic music "blasted" throughout the manufacturer's warehouse was offensive. The ruling raises questions about what music is appropriate for the workplace.
Of course, it's men who "sexually objectify" holes in music, not women. Of course, it's men who consume pop music, not women. Of course, women never degrade or insult men in their music.In fact, more than one-third of pop songs degrade or demean women by portraying them as submissive or sexually objectified, according to one study of lyrics from more than 400 top Billboard songs released between 2006 and 2016. Another analysis of rock videos found that the majority depicted women as passive, dependent on men, or accenting their physical appearance. And a study of country music songs from the 1980s through the 2010s found that depictions of men shifted over time from the typical breadwinner role to providing women alcohol and places to hook up. In other words, the misogyny problem is pervasive.
And, of course, they go out of their way to insist mysoggyknees isn't specific to rap, because that would be raycissss.
And they highlight the only *white* rapper to ever exist.Again, Kubrin emphasizes that these themes are not exclusive to rap and points to The Rolling Stones' “Under My Thumb” as an example. Mick Jagger sings of gaining control over a pushy woman and compares the process to training a "pet," a "Siamese cat" and a "squirming dog." Similarly, Robin Thicke's number-one pop single, “Blurred Lines,” received criticism for reinforcing rape myths and trivializing sexual violence.