The influence of sexually violent rap music on attitudes of men with little prior exposure

Author(s): Crown, C. L., Quatman, G. L., Heesacker, M.

Journal/Book: Psychol Women Quart. 1997; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 497-508.

Abstract: This article is among the first to focus on commercially available, sexually violent rap music, so-called ''gangsta'' rap (GR) and its influence on attitudes toward women. Collegiate males with little experience with GR were exposed to GR music, lyrics, both, or neither. Thus the effect of GR music and lyrics were isolated from each other and from acculturation to GR. Collapsing across all attitude measures, neither lyrics alone nor lyrics with music resulted in significantly more negative attitudes toward women than music-only or no-treatment control conditions. Participants in the lyrics conditions had significantly greater adversarial sexual beliefs than no-lyrics participants, however.

Note: Article Crown CL, Xavier Univ, Dept Psychol, 3800 Victory Pkwy, Cincinnati,OH 45207 USA

Keyword(s): HEAVY-METAL MUSIC; ROCK-MUSIC; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; WOMEN; PORNOGRAPHY; VIDEOS; DEPICTIONS; ACCEPTANCE; MALES; SEX

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