But know I’m understanding that it’s actually it’s a form of sexual assault. And it’s crazy that I’m just now understanding this.
I’m not going to lie to you…my eyes are opening just from reading the comments, the stuff that is coming from people. They say stuff like, “Does he get it?” I’m reading it and I am starting to get it. I am looking at this and I am looking at all the stuff that they put out, completely from the entertainment industry, from the movies I watched when I was a kid. A rape scene in a movie was pretty normal. They don’t really do it that much anymore, (but) back then a guy would take it and the girl would enjoy it. They put those images out there over and over again and it’s like so much society is ok with the images of aggressive male and female sexuality. I’m just reading this and I’m reading that, and I’m like I am so much a part of that whole “man” thing.
Here’s Too $hort in a fantastic interview with Dream Hampton in which the two share a dialogue about rape culture, and $hort, who recently said some pretty terrible things, admits that he’s got a lot to learn. This never happens in the world of celebrities, and it happens even less in hip-hop. Pretty great!
