One of the big topics I have been thinking about a lot recently especially, is the role of women in the media. Especially with the song "Blurred Lines" and it's trash bag singer Robin Thicke, who was quoted saying, "What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman." Watching the American music awards last night, every time his name was mentioned as a nomination it sent a pain through my entire being as a human. The song itself is about "blurring the lines of consent" between consensual sexual intercourse and rape. The video shows Thicke using women as objects and props and from the lyrics he's treating them as nothing but sexual beings put on this earth for him and only him. The song is deplorable. Many many people argue for the video saying "it's not about rape oh my god" or "I mean, it has a great beat" (If you like the beat not the song, may i recommend my favorite feminist parody of it here). Thicke is human trash by trying to propose that rape is okay if you "blur the lines of consent", and the song adds to our society's view of rape. Rape culture in America is disgusting, 89,000 rape cases are reported annually, but 60% of all rapes are not reported (statistics here). 1 in 4 college aged women reported being raped/almost being raped since they were 14. However, no one seems to care. Women who get raped were, "asking for it" or "deserved it" or "were sluts anyways". NO WOMAN DESERVES RAPE OR ASKS FOR IT. There is not a single piece of clothing someone can wear that beckons a rapist, nor should clothing be an excuse. That's like saying that if someone wore a hamburger suit, they'd want you to eat them. Honestly, men should know better. In my 12 years of public school, I've never heard a teacher say "Boys, don't rape." It's always "Ladies, watch your clothes" or "Ladies, keep a whistle and pepper spray in your purse at all times". Why is no one telling men to stop!?!!?! Okay and yes, women rape and men do also get raped, BUT the biggest problem in our country is MEN raping WOMEN. It's time to stop romanticizing male aggression towards women (BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THIS: when I was little, anytime a boy hit me I was told it meant he liked me). Honestly, do people really believe though that when a women is ""scantily clad"" that men everywhere foam at the mouth, and have the urge right there to rape. NO. Men can and need to learn self control when it comes to this topic.