Topic > The good vs. The Bad: Katy Perry vs. Jon Lajoie

In today's society, music influences people in many ways, both for better and for worse. Music plays such an important role in modern society due to its easy accessibility like radio. There are many artists in the world, some who influence people for the better, muses, and others who influence others for the worse, Monsters. Jon Lajoie is an example of a monster, he shows this in his song "Show me your genitals" when he degrades women to a lower standard and talks about them like they are property. On the other hand, Katy Perry represents a muse when she influences people for the better when she talks about being the best you can be, never giving up and that everything happens for a reason in her song “Firework”. Jon Lajoie is a monster because in his song “Show Me Your Genitals” he degrades women and talks about them as if they are the property of men. At the beginning of the song Jon says: "Women are stupid and I don't respect them, it's true, I just have sex with them", Jon demonstrates the inhumanity of some men, thinking that it is okay to put men above women. and that women are not equal to men in any sense. Jon then says, "I can't have sex with your personality, and I can't put my P@$%# in your degree, and I can't stick my fist in your childhood dreams, so why are you sharing everything?" this information with me?" Jon is simply saying that women don't need to go to college and that their childhood dreams are useless because all they are for is male pleasure, which is completely sexier and unacceptable to society today. Towards the end of the song, John states: “Girls' brains are much dumber than men's, so they should always listen to us, because we are smart, women are good at three things in the kitchen clean.. .... middle of paper...... muse. Katy Perry's song "Firework" is about being the best you can be, never giving up and that everything happens for a reason which makes her a muse. inspirational, on the contrary, in Jon Lajoie's song “Show Me Your Genitals” he degrades women and talks about them as if they were the property of men, making him a monster. Personally, I am not a fan of music like Jon Lajoie's, in fact, I consider it a barely music because it's all a bunch of sexist thoughts in song form. However, I am a fan of songs like Katy Perry's that are peaceful, happy songs with good morals. I believe that when someone listens to songs like "Firework" it makes them happier because of its joyful content. I believe songs like "Show Me Your Genitals" are unacceptable and should not be played on websites and public radio because they promote the degradation of women to a lower standard than men.