Misogyny in rap music is defined as lyrics, videos, or other components of rap music that encourage, glorify, justify, or legitimize the objectification, exploitation, or victimization of women. It is an ideology that depicts women as objects for men to own, use, and abuse. It reduces women to expendable beings. It might include everything from innuendos to stereotypical characterizations and defamations.
Performer Nicki Minaj in concert. Minaj has been described as a video vixen - a female model who appears in hip-hop-oriented music videos.
Misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. It is a form of sexism that can keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining the social roles of patriarchy. Misogyny has been widely practised for thousands of years. It is reflected in art, literature, human societal structure, historical events, mythology, philosophy, and religion worldwide.
Swetnam the Woman-Hater, printed in 1620. The work is credited with originating the English term misogynist.
Roman copy of a Hellenistic bust of Chrysippus (British Museum)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Julia Gillard