Music’s Influence of Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic violence happens every day whether we hear about it on the news or it’s kept behind closed doors. Psychologically speaking, there must be certain triggers that affect the mind of the abuser to commit such acts to his or her spouse. For example, alcohol, having psychological disorders, and jealously are triggers that could lead to violence such like in these songs “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf,” “Midnight Show,” and “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine.” In “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf,” the song describes a drunken abusive boyfriend who begs his girlfriend not to leave him. When he isn’t happy or “satisfied,” he drinks and gets physical with her instead of talking through their issues. He …show more content…
He murders his girlfriend, throws her in the back of the truck, and drives the night away. Throughout the song, the man gives us hints that something isn’t right in his mind and he is aware of it. For example, he says “there’s a hope, but there’s too many people trying to help me cope” which sounded like either schizophrenia or a therapist. He might be talking to someone about his issues, but nothing is helping him. Another example is when he said “there’s something in my head, somewhere in the back said” meaning he might be hearing things in the back of his mind telling him to do something evil. This song resembles numerous cases where the defendant pleas insanity because he claims to have had some voices telling him or her to commit the act. In the finale song “Jenny was a friend of mine,” a man is being interrogated by police about his friend being murdered. He tells police that not only did he see her that night, but they had been arguing over her leaving him. When I listened to this song, jealously came to mind. He had told her that he loved her and …show more content…
I feel that music has an impact on people’s lives and can help them cope with issues currently happening to them. I can’t really say that music influences intimate partner violence because I personally haven’t heard of any cases with a testimony stating “music made me do it.” Certain lyrics like in Eminem’s song “I throw you one the couch, punch you in the mouth, fist fight till we turn the mother out” could
Domestic violence happens every day whether we hear about it on the news or it’s kept behind closed doors. Psychologically speaking, there must be certain triggers that affect the mind of the abuser to commit such acts to his or her spouse. For example, alcohol, having psychological disorders, and jealously are triggers that could lead to violence such like in these songs “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf,” “Midnight Show,” and “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine.” In “Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf,” the song describes a drunken abusive boyfriend who begs his girlfriend not to leave him. When he isn’t happy or “satisfied,” he drinks and gets physical with her instead of talking through their issues. He …show more content…
He murders his girlfriend, throws her in the back of the truck, and drives the night away. Throughout the song, the man gives us hints that something isn’t right in his mind and he is aware of it. For example, he says “there’s a hope, but there’s too many people trying to help me cope” which sounded like either schizophrenia or a therapist. He might be talking to someone about his issues, but nothing is helping him. Another example is when he said “there’s something in my head, somewhere in the back said” meaning he might be hearing things in the back of his mind telling him to do something evil. This song resembles numerous cases where the defendant pleas insanity because he claims to have had some voices telling him or her to commit the act. In the finale song “Jenny was a friend of mine,” a man is being interrogated by police about his friend being murdered. He tells police that not only did he see her that night, but they had been arguing over her leaving him. When I listened to this song, jealously came to mind. He had told her that he loved her and …show more content…
I feel that music has an impact on people’s lives and can help them cope with issues currently happening to them. I can’t really say that music influences intimate partner violence because I personally haven’t heard of any cases with a testimony stating “music made me do it.” Certain lyrics like in Eminem’s song “I throw you one the couch, punch you in the mouth, fist fight till we turn the mother out” could