Wasserstrom and Pop-Culture

Wasserstrom’s argument is a unique one: that is, that we should regard sex as no more important than eye-color. This utopian idea would find it no stranger to label anyone sexually as it would be to label someone based upon eye color. This utopian idea, however begs the question, how do we reach such a point? His article doesn’t deal with such a topic, and indeed I don’t think he meant to. I believe Richard Wasserstrom was simply making a point that sex should entail no more discrimination than eye-color.
I don’t believe that such a point is reachable while the various human cultures continue along the path we are traveling upon. And here’s why: Popular music. Not just hip-hop but rock and roll takes great advantage of women in its appeal both lyrically and visually on album covers or in music videos. It’s hard to turn on the television and tune into Much Music without seeing scantily clad women in full-bore sexualized dance moves. When they’re in the video of a male artist there used as objects in order to add to the machismo of the main attraction.
Now, there are many female artists that do similar things in their own music videos or songs; and these are often to satisfy the will of a male audience. They’re pandering to a group that objectifies them within their own artwork.
If Wasserstrom’s ideal society were to take place we would have to journey into the realm of people’s personal tastes and try to change their minds there, altering even their choice in music. This is extremely difficult with a species that can be incredibly stubborn and traditional, as humans.