Julianne Marshall
Research Outline
Research Question:
Music plays a big role in today's society. There are many different forms of music and it is often categorized into genres. The most generic and arguably the most popular would be pop music (hence the name). Pop music has evolved over the decades but there seems to be a growth in the sexual content in this type of music. As pop music is incredibly popular, what are the affects of this sexualization on teenagers and young adults? If the main source of music young adults and teenagers are being exposed to is full of sexualization what are they going to think of themselves or other people? What are the negative affects of sex being glamourized in popular music?
Literary Review:
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It looks into the sexualization in lyrics in pop music. It focus' on the last year of six decades from 1959 to 2009. This article breaks up pop music into sub categories such as: male groups, female groups, male solo artists, etc. Then each song was categorized again by the ethnicity of the artist(s). Songs were then separated into songs with sexual reference and songs without sexual reference; once a song was considered to have a sexual reference it was placed in another subcategory with other songs with similar references (e.g. Songs that included kissing were places together, or songs that were about sexual readiness were placed together, etc). Songs were also separated on account of sexualization. Songs that had similar values when talking about sexual partners were grouped together, or songs that sexually objectified someone were grouped together. In all cases they found that throughout the decades the amount of degrading increased in song lyrics, and that the sexualization grew over the time they studied. This pertains to the research project because it is important to know if and how sexualization is increasing over time. To know how sex in music effects us, we must first know that it is there and see how it is …show more content…
Artists are placed into genres of music and there is also a cultural classification. The article focuses in on how many females who want to be professional singers can not sing the style of music they wish to. It talks about how a female artist must become a “pop princess” to be successful. The article also talks about how artists typically have to sexualize themselves to be successful. It gives examples such as 1970's “Cock-Rock”, and female pop artists in general. The author uses examples of female artists who use sexualization, power and control to promote their artistry such as Madonna. The author continues to talk about how the sexualization of all artists has changed over the years. The article also compares the differences of “pop princesses” and femme fatals”, but explains how both of these categories come back to the sexualization of the artist. This article is relevant to the research project because a major part of the sexualization in music is the sexualization of the artists themselves. If most popular music artists are being sexualized then that is going to effect those looking up to those artists. Taking a closer look into how the artists are being sexualized gives us more of an idea of what teenagers and young adults are seeing, which helps us look at the effects more
Research Outline
Research Question:
Music plays a big role in today's society. There are many different forms of music and it is often categorized into genres. The most generic and arguably the most popular would be pop music (hence the name). Pop music has evolved over the decades but there seems to be a growth in the sexual content in this type of music. As pop music is incredibly popular, what are the affects of this sexualization on teenagers and young adults? If the main source of music young adults and teenagers are being exposed to is full of sexualization what are they going to think of themselves or other people? What are the negative affects of sex being glamourized in popular music?
Literary Review:
When searching …show more content…
It looks into the sexualization in lyrics in pop music. It focus' on the last year of six decades from 1959 to 2009. This article breaks up pop music into sub categories such as: male groups, female groups, male solo artists, etc. Then each song was categorized again by the ethnicity of the artist(s). Songs were then separated into songs with sexual reference and songs without sexual reference; once a song was considered to have a sexual reference it was placed in another subcategory with other songs with similar references (e.g. Songs that included kissing were places together, or songs that were about sexual readiness were placed together, etc). Songs were also separated on account of sexualization. Songs that had similar values when talking about sexual partners were grouped together, or songs that sexually objectified someone were grouped together. In all cases they found that throughout the decades the amount of degrading increased in song lyrics, and that the sexualization grew over the time they studied. This pertains to the research project because it is important to know if and how sexualization is increasing over time. To know how sex in music effects us, we must first know that it is there and see how it is …show more content…
Artists are placed into genres of music and there is also a cultural classification. The article focuses in on how many females who want to be professional singers can not sing the style of music they wish to. It talks about how a female artist must become a “pop princess” to be successful. The article also talks about how artists typically have to sexualize themselves to be successful. It gives examples such as 1970's “Cock-Rock”, and female pop artists in general. The author uses examples of female artists who use sexualization, power and control to promote their artistry such as Madonna. The author continues to talk about how the sexualization of all artists has changed over the years. The article also compares the differences of “pop princesses” and femme fatals”, but explains how both of these categories come back to the sexualization of the artist. This article is relevant to the research project because a major part of the sexualization in music is the sexualization of the artists themselves. If most popular music artists are being sexualized then that is going to effect those looking up to those artists. Taking a closer look into how the artists are being sexualized gives us more of an idea of what teenagers and young adults are seeing, which helps us look at the effects more