I've always had an inherant tendency to shun mainstream music and pop culture. If it was on the radio for me, growing up, I couldn't bring myself to like it. It's music for the masses, was my attitude, for the lemmings who can't be bothered to search for their own inner likes and dislikes and instead simply accept what is most readily available. But I see much of what is being discussed here as simply part of human nature. I don't think the media or music industry is trying to impose the desire for women to be beautiful and desirous any more than women are already imposing upon themselves. Who doesn't want to be beautiful and desirous? It's human nature. Having said that, it's certainly a bit primeval and animalistic to behave in this manner and I think that we as humans can adopt a more civilized approach - but that doesn't make this kind of music immoral or "wrong", IMO. Just human.

At the end of the day, though, none of it is about sex appeal or trying to convince girls to act a certain way. That's simply a byproduct of what the real agenda is: making money. There was a lot of Cat Stevens and Simon & Garfunkle type music in my household growing up, which influenced me (despite that it was already old when I was listening to it), as well as a medley of celtic music, chiefly hammered dulcimer music which I adore. Much of what I listen to falls under this category, these days simply as a matter of habit. Unfortunately, music like this doesn't sell. And the musicians performing them, often dressed in their geeky Rennaissance garb and possessed with figures deemed overly ample by pop culture's standards would never be given the spotlight. I think I prefer it that way though.