Actor Mark Wahlberg recently attended a father-daughter dance with his 10-year-old daughter, Grace. Unfortunately, Grace had no interest in watching her father strut his stuff on the dance floor.
“I didn’t have a dance,” Wahlberg told Ellen DeGeneres. “And I told her we were going full circle and I was going to leave. And she said, ‘Dad, if you embarrass me, I’ll never talk to you again.’ But what she did was hang out with me “.
No matter who your father is, especially if you’re a 10-year-old girl, you don’t want to watch him dance in front of your friends.
But dance parents would probably have had a blast watching Wahlberg bust out some of his ’90s Marky Mark moves.
However, Wahlberg couldn’t help but leave his mark on the music played at the dance.
Let’s not forget, he didn’t become famous for his acting but for showing off his abs in the “Good Vibrations” video.
Since Wahlberg’s time as a pop star was three decades ago, he couldn’t believe it when he heard the music playing at the dance.
“[Grace] sitting there at the edge of the stage, by the DJ. And then I’m sitting with another parent and I’m like, “This is not an edited version of this song.” There are explicit lyrics played at an all-girls school dance and I’m not okay,'” she said.
“I told the DJ and he said, ‘Oh, I thought it was.’ I said, ‘What are you doing?’ I’m hearing F-bombs and this and that’s not good,” Wahlberg said.
He is right. There is no place for music with explicit lyrics at a dance for 10-year-olds.
Wahlberg says the DJ didn’t know he wasn’t playing the edited version, but it’s probably more likely he didn’t even realize the song was a problem. Pop music these days is full of violent and misogynistic lyrics.
A recent University of Missouri study found that nearly a third of pop songs contain lyrics that demean or degrade women by portraying them as submissive or sexually objectified.
Currently, three of the top five songs on the Billboard Top 40 contain the word “bitch.” One of them is sung in Korean.
It’s strange that Americans have become more sensitive to misogyny in pop culture in movies, TV, and comedy, but they still have a huge cultural blind spot when it comes to music.
This is not a good thing, especially when pop music is marketed to teenagers.
“We know that music has a strong impact on young people and how they see their role in society,” said Cynthia Frisby, a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism.
“Unlike rap or hip-hop, pop music tends to have a bouncy, upbeat sound that’s meant to draw listeners in,” Frisby continued. “But that can be problematic if the lyrics under the sound promote violence and misogynistic behavior.”
Let’s face it, pop stars are role models. Their examples show young people what to wear and how to behave. This doesn’t mean kids blindly follow someone just because they like their music. But it has an undeniable effect.
Wahlberg, and any parent who controls what their children listen to, deserves credit for protecting their children’s minds and hearts.
Frisby has some great advice for parents concerned about the negative images of pop music.
“Ask your daughters and sons what songs they like to listen to and have conversations about how songs can affect their identity,” Frisby said.
“For example, many songs can make young girls feel like they have to look and act provocatively to get a boy to like them, when that’s not necessarily the case. If boys and teens understand that what they’re hearing is ‘If a healthy behavior, then they are more likely to challenge what they hear on the radio.”
He’s right. There is no place for music with explicit lyrics at a dance for 10-year-olds.
Wahlberg says the DJ didn’t know he wasn’t playing the edited version, but it’s probably more likely he didn’t even realize the song was a problem. Pop music these days is full of violent and misogynistic lyrics.
A recent University of Missouri study found that nearly a third of pop songs contain lyrics that demean or degrade women by portraying them as submissive or sexually objectified.
Currently, three of the top five songs on the Billboard Top 40 contain the word “bitch.” One of them is sung in Korean.
It’s strange that Americans have become more sensitive to misogyny in pop culture in movies, TV, and comedy, but they still have a huge cultural blind spot when it comes to music.
This is not a good thing, especially when pop music is marketed to teenagers.
“We know that music has a strong impact on young people and how they see their role in society,” said Cynthia Frisby, a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism.
“Unlike rap or hip-hop, pop music tends to have a bouncy, upbeat sound that’s meant to draw listeners in,” Frisby continued. “But that can be problematic if the lyrics under the sound promote violence and misogynistic behavior.”
Let’s face it, pop stars are role models. Their examples show young people what to wear and how to behave. This doesn’t mean kids blindly follow someone just because they like their music. But it has an undeniable effect.
Wahlberg, and any parent who controls what their children listen to, deserves credit for protecting their children’s minds and hearts.
Frisby has some great advice for parents concerned about the negative images of pop music.
“Ask your daughters and sons what songs they like to listen to and have conversations about how songs can affect their identity,” Frisby said.
“For example, many songs can make young girls feel like they have to look and act provocatively to get a boy to like them, when that’s not necessarily the case. If boys and teens understand that what they’re hearing is ‘If a healthy behavior, then they are more likely to challenge what they hear on the radio.”
This article originally appeared on 03.03.20
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