Jinn

This is a really introspective question for you men out there, so please take the time to consider it before saying "cause you're a man" or "cuz you got testosterone."

I'm really curious if anyone can give an intellectual answer for why I like depictions of these things:

Gangsta rap (rap movies and music)
Big black men with guns (rap movies)
Movies with bank robberies, heists, kidnapping, murder, physical violence, competition, arson (every action movie ever made)
Explosions, car crashes, car races (Every action movie ever made, Grand Theft Auto)
Sexualized imagery (every movie ever made)
Assault rifles (Rambo, Terminator, God of War)
Stealing cars or driving them really fast (Gone in Sixty Seconds, Fast and the Furious, etc..)
Male heroism

I intellectually know that these things are not conducive towards creating an equal society, and they serve to denigrate women and objectify them. They serve to justify hyper-masculinity and aggression, neither of which is conducive to civil society. I know that they encourage domestic violence and criminal behavior, too. I know that women don't enjoy these movies as much, as that a male dominated society that continues to produce these sorts of things alienates women and makes them feel that what they want to see isn't important and that they just have to play along. Grand Theft Auto IV releasing today is a perfect example. I'm excited to play it, despite my reservations about the sexualization as a male feminist, I still want to play it.

So why do I enjoy them? I shouldn't, knowing what I know conciously. Why do you, the reader, enjoy them?

Is it really so simple as socialization and testosterone?

I'm posing this question because I was asked "Why do men need to put sex [and violence] everywhere and in everything? Isn't porn enough?"

I'm not really sure how to answer the question. It's like I know I shouldn't, but I do, sometimes.

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