Gender and the Media. Weitzer and Kubrin (2009) Misogyny in Rap Music

The article addresses the question how prevalent misogynistic themes in music are and what specific messages they convey. This questions are addressed through content analysis of more than 400 songs. 5 themes related to image of women in songs are documented and linked to larger cultural and social context.
Images of women in popular music: Often women are presented as inferior to men, marginalized, trivialized.. There is a great diversity, complexity in how women are presented. Although this trend changes over time, still it is uncommon that women are presented as independent, intelligent, superior to men.