Drugs, Sex, Rock ‘N ‘Roll, and

Drugs, Sex, Rock ‘N ‘Roll, and Romance? From Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Frank Sinatra and Brittany Spears, music has always been sexual. Pop music and Rock and Roll are especially sexual. Popular music in recent years has perpetuated sexism in young people by showing women as more submissive and sensitive than men. While it may be argued that women have a more dominate place in the music industry then ever before, the same perception that …

…their sexual quests as well as being more sensitive. Nevertheless, the possibility that music could be against sexism has been opened. Music helps to keep the past alive, but it can also transform the future. Works Cited Bloom, Allan, “Music,” from The Closing of the American Mind. Copyright 1987 by Alan Bloom. Frith, Simon, “Rock and Sexuality,” from Sound Effects: Youth Leisure and Politics of Rock and Roll (New York: Pantheon Books, 1981). Copyright 1981 by Simon Frith.