Nowadays, rap is still considered the most misogynistic and hostile music for women. However, pop and rock, which are the most popular music genres in the world, are full of sexist lyrics that have gone unnoticed for decades.
Ordinary sexism, power abuse, r*pe culture, sl*t-shaming and harassment have infected literature, cinema, arts, music, the media, advertising and popular culture for far too long.
Yet, it somehow seems easier to blame sexism on hip hop than to acknowledge that rap is no more sexist than any other artistic current or sector of society.
To set the record straight, Madame Rap compiled 30 sexist songs that are not rap and that made their mark on the history of popular music, without offending anyone.
Featuring:
- The Beatles – Run For Your Life
- The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb
- Bob Dylan – Just Like A Woman
- Johnny Cash – Cocaine Blues
- Tom Jones – Delilah
- Rod Stewart – Tonight’s the Night
- Bruce Springsteen – Fire
- Frank Zappa – Jewish Princess
- Depeche Mode – The Dead of the Night
- Pink Floyd – Don’t Leave Me Now
- The Misfits – Attitude
- AC/DC – Ain’t No Fun
- Guns N’ Roses – Used to Love Her
- KISS – Makin Love
- Korn – K@0%!
- Metallica – Ain’t My Bitch
- System Of A Down – Sugar
- Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
- Maroon 5 – Animals
- Bruno Mars – Runaway Baby
- Elvis Presley – A Little Less Conversation
- John Lennon – Jealous Guy
- Paul Anka – (You’re) Having My Baby
- Scorpions – Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep)
- Mötley Crüe – She Goes Down
- Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever
- Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
- Nickelback – Figured You Out
- One Direction – Why Don’t We Go There?
- Limp Bizkit – Nookie