
Thus, when conservative leaders blame hip hop for demeaning women, they are really not solving anything, rather doing more harm than good, exclusively demonizing young Black men, as if they are the only perpetrators of sexism. But Not the Kind Aretha Franklin Had in Mind” discusses the problems associated general American society’s view on hip hop’s sexism, and how hip hop is really just a magnification of mainstream American society’s glorification of hypermasculinity. The first section, titled “R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Her commentary on the treatment of women in hip hop is divided into three parts.

“In chapter five of her book, The Hip Hop Wars, Tricia Rose analyzes the issue of sexism in hip hop.
