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The way in which individuals construct gender in today’s society can come from an array of different sources. Gender construction can come from societal, family, club, organizations or cultural influences. The construction of gender norms and stereotypes is coming more recently form the media, more particularly, the music industry. Every day millions of people listen to music on their phones, radios, televisions etc. and these forms of media are all part of a complex system constructing certain gender norms and stereotypes. Many people in society are influenced by the lyrics presented by artists without even consciously recognizing it. When hearing the lyric, “Take a couple days off take it off leave nothing but ya t-shirt ya panties on (Ludacris, Sex Room). One …show more content…

Throughout Ludacris’s lyrics, Ludacris describes himself in a way that portrays him having more power than the woman. Many of his lyrics signify that women are only useful for sexual pleasures and entertainment, whereas males like to have control and a powerful figure; he reiterates this by saying how he is going to “own her” and “make her obey him” throughout the entire song. The woman is clearly being portrayed as a submissive to Ludacris, as the woman has no say in what she is doing while Ludacris is throwing these demands at her such as, “Better call yo ' boss, tell him that yo ' daddy 's home
Take a couple days off and take it off” (Ludacris, Sex Room). The last aspect of Ludacris’s song that supports the existence of patriarchy is how Ludacris refers to his woman in a multitude of derogatory terms such as “girl”, “bitch” and “hoe” while he refers to himself as “yo daddy”. In today’s society it is becoming more rare to find songs that reflect women in a positive, respectful, and equal light, which would likely influence society’s view of gender

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