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Sexual Content In Music Lyrics And Their Effects On Sexual Cognition, Nicole Nowotny
Sexual Content In Music Lyrics And Their Effects On Sexual Cognition, Nicole Nowotny
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The purpose of this study was to examine the sexual content found in music lyrics of different genres and their relationship to specific sexual cognitions. The study included 902 participants, both male and female, belonging to various ethnic backgrounds, ages 18 and up. It was hypothesized that listening to music containing frequent sexual lyrics will have an affect on men and women’s sexual cognitive beliefs. Results indicated that there was a relationship between frequency of sexually explicit lyrics and views on sexual cognitions. The breakdown by genre shows a more detailed relationship between the lyrics and sexual cognitions. Overall, the …
Sexual Content In Music's Relationship With Consumers' Body Image, Sexualization And Objectification, Marika Gilbert
Sexual Content In Music's Relationship With Consumers' Body Image, Sexualization And Objectification, Marika Gilbert
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The current study examined the relationship between sexual content in popular pop, rap, and R&B music videos and female consumers’ body image, self-objectification, the objectification of other women, and self-esteem. The current study had two main hypotheses: (1) exposure to sexual content in music videos would be negatively correlated with women’s body image, self-objectification, and the objectification of other women and (2) Women’s body image and self-objectification would mediate the relationship between exposure to sexual content in music videos and self-esteem. Participants included 308 female college students who answered questions related to the study aims online. Exposure to sexual content …