Common expectations seem to indicate gender roles for every individual. Males will play their part in being masculine while females act as an object. There are several ways one can see how gender roles are played out. One way is through hip-hop and rap music in the black community. Joan Morgan, an African-American feminist and fan of hip-hop and rap music, shows us how gender roles are interpreted in her community through music. Since Morgan is a feminist, she expresses her opinion on the way black men treat black women in her article "From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos". Morgan states his thesis that black men write lyrics in which they rant about black women to provide self-reflection. Males feel oppressed and express it through music. There are many reasons why a male may feel oppressed, while one reason is to become masculine. Michael Kimmel, a sociologist professor at Stony Brook University and author of "'Bros Before Hos': The Guy Code" says that guys do their best to show that they are manly. To clarify how men describe their oppression is to sing misogyny and self-hatred in the form of disguised hatred towards women. Men expressing their oppression through music ties the male code of masculine acting and Morgan's view of men feeling oppressed. Morgan describes Black men expressing their oppression by sexually objectifying Black women in music. Jean Kilbourne, author of “'Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt': Advertising and Violence” and an advertising activist based on public health issues and violence against women, agrees with Morgan on women's sexual identification. Kilbourne and Morgan connect to Kimmel by showing how males are seen as masculine and females are soft and emotional. Morgan's statements, in “From Fly-Girls to Bi......middle of paper......sic is music. Lyrics sung in music are a way to attract fans and make profits. The lyrics do not express the oppression of a male or how he feels. If lyrics show how an artist feels, then why are there lyrics for sale that artists can purchase? Works Cited Morgan, Joan. “From fly-girls to whores and whores” Simon & Schuster (T). (1999): Network. February 17, 2014Kilbourne, Jean. “'Two Ways a Woman Can Hurt Herself': Advertising and Violence” Free Press. (2000): Web. February 27, 2014Kimmel, Michael. “'Bros Before Sluts': The Boy Code” New York: Harper. (2008): Web. February 27, 2014Patten, Eileen, and Kim Parker. “Women in the U.S. Army: Growing Share, Distinctive Profile.” Pew Research Center Sociodemographic Trends Project RSS. Np, 22 December 2001. Web. 28 February. 2014. .