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As sexual overtones in hip-hop music, culture and music videos become more widely accepted, it becomes more and more important for us to pay attention to the affects it has on women's sexuality and body image.



An interesting trend in America that may be partly attributed to hip-hop culture is a change in the mainstream standard of beauty or more accurately, booty. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, in 2002, 614 butt implants were performed in the United States. In 2003 that number jumped to 3,885, an increase of 533%. Big butts have traditionally not just been accepted but celebrated in communities of color, and Sir Mix-A-Lot made that clear over a decade ago with his hit song Baby Got Back. Popular culture was a little slower to catch on.



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