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Reminder that Eminem is trash! 8 reasons why Eminem's popularity is a disaster for women


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1. Eminem’s lyrics help desensitize boys and men to the pain and suffering of girls and women.

2. Girls are encouraged to be attracted to boys and men who don’t respect women.

3. His popularity with girls sends a dangerous message to boys and men.

4. The racial storyline around Eminem perpetuates the racist myth that “hip” white guys are those who most closely emulate the sexist beliefs and hypermasculine posturing of some Black males.

5. Eminem’s personal trajectory – either the so-called “true” story, or the explicitly fictionalized version in 8 Mile – perpetuates damaging mythology about abusive men.

6. Eminem’s success has unleashed a torrent of mother-blaming.

7. Eminem has elevated to an art form the practice of verbally bullying and degrading people (especially women and gays) and then claiming “I was just kidding around.”

8. Eminem’s rebel image obscures the fact that sexism and men’s violence against women perpetuates established male power – it is not rebellious.

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