Psychology 409b

December 4, 2006

By:  Robyn Imose

Instructor:  Dr. Leon James

Instructions for this activity can be found at:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/g25-oral1.htm

Dr. James Leon; Dr. Nahl Diane; Unity Model of Marriage ver. 12a, University of Hawaii, 2006, section 20, www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy25/409b-g25-lecture-notes.htm

I. Anti-Unity Values (AUV)

A. Table 9 lists for us the Anti-Unity Values that happen currently.

B. By committing AUVs you are negatively affecting your relationship and it makes it harder for you to progress on to the Unity Model of Marriage.

C. Many of these AUVs are portrayed in the media and therefore have an impact on society.

1. We see many AUVs in the music industry, in which many times lyrics degrade women

2. We see many AUVs in Movies and Television shows for example the AVUs of adultery and living together unmarried

D. Conjugial Love by Emauel Swedenborg

1. Explains the concepts of marriage lasting for eternity

2. For a marriage to last for eternity on has to have conjugial love.

Related links

Exploitation of Women in hip hop culture

http://www.mysistahs.org/features/hiphop.htm

This article is talking about how hip hop music degrade women and treat women as sex symbols. She says this is especially true of black women. She also says that even though we choose what we believe in and how we act, she still feels that these lyrics should be stopped. I agree with her that degrading music is bad and should be stopped. I also think it’s terrible that men exploit women in this way and portray women as sex object. I think this can have a serious effect on society and it should be stopped.

College students taking action

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/03/hip.hop/

This was a CNN article on degrading music. It talked about a group of college students who are trying to put a stop to degrading lyrics. They also feel that artist target black women, so they are trying to make a point to young people that this is not ok. I am happy to see that people are starting to take action against artists who portray women in a negative way. I am really glad that women are starting to come out and speak for their rights.

Who should take the rap?

http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1170

In this article a man named Leach who signed record deals with the Ying Yang Twins, attended a meeting to answer some questions. He said that there is a limit to what they produce and those limits are set by the people who listen to the music. He also said that the harm is not in the material and that they can’t take individual choice out of it. I can see why he is defending himself that way, its because it's the only angle he has, just to say that people have a choice in what they listen to. I think that was a cheap answer and he should have tried to come up with a better one.

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