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Introduction
The pop musical work, “Killing Women” composed by John Hamerlinck is an excellent piece of literature. The author has symbolically chosen the topic of the work to highlight the plight of women at the hands of society. Naturally, women are usually subjected to several unfavorable conditions and unfair cultures. These practices usually disadvantage women from achieving their dreams. The author suggests that since we are a society that disrespects women, we have allowed the culture to foster itself fully into the society such that the mainstream “appreciates” women being victimized by those around them, (Hamerlinck, 23). The author also uses a line from a song that suggests that causing injuries to women is a correct thing. Analyzing a line from a song such as “I-loved-her-so-much-I-had-to-kill-her,” one may get the impression that the song is about love. However, on a keen view, you realize that it is not about love but violence against women. From the author’s point of view, these songs and the mainstream culture are wrong in their treatment of women as they render them weak and keep hurting them without any mercy at any instance. This brings us to our thesis statement, the pop culture in the mainstream lifestyle is all about male domination, power, and control over women.
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Some people may argue that the author chose outdated songs in his work. The songs are from the 1920s and the 1980s mainstream pop culture. However, it is impossible to criticize the author fully based on the songs since what he is highlighting is making a lot of sense.

We cannot ignore such issues since even statistics are showing that domestic violence takes place every 9 seconds in the United States. That rate is very alarming as the victims of these violent acts are women most of the time, (Hamerlinck, 23). I think that a lot should be done on the education of people to reason and act in the correct way. Women deserve respect by all sectors of the society. People are sometimes acting in ignorant manners when they listen and dance to songs without paying attention to the meanings of the songs. Knowing the exact meaning of what you are enjoying is key towards a proper society that is living in harmony everybody has the fundamental rights that they should enjoy at all times.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I think that the music in the pop culture leaves a lot to be desired. The songs do not directly cause violence. However, it is a sad state of affair to imagine the way that people seem to have accepted the fact that violence is part of the society. This leaves many in a state of a conundrum. This genre of “killing women” needs rethinking just as much as the way that several people persevere to it. The author has indeed written a very educative article. The author calls for a challenge of the status quo, (Hamerlinck, 23). In this way, the author achieves a lot of things in highlighting several issues that are left to persist out of the ignorance of the majority in the community. Hence, I agree with the author on several points. Expressing hatred towards women and normalizing such a practice is killing them in a symbolical manner. We really need to reconsider our cultures and practices. Hence, the pop culture in the mainstream lifestyle is all about male domination, power, and control over women.Work cited
Hamerlinck, John. “Killing women: A pop-music tradition.” The Humanist 55.4 (1995): 23.