Much has already been written elsewhere about Ashley Judd’s recent comments in her new book where she says that hip-hop culture is rape culture.  While we don’t deny that hip-hop has (more than) its share of misogyny, it’s not limited to hip-hop music.

Ashley Judd caused a firestorm of controversy when an excerpt of her new book, All That Is Bitter And Sweet, that compares hip-hop culture to rape culture was posted online. Judd recently apologized for the comments.

Actress Ashley Judd, in her new memoir “All That Is Bitter And Sweet” mentions the degradation of women in Hip Hop. She states “As far as I’m concerned, most rap and hip-hop music — with it’s rape culture and insanely abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as ‘ho’s’ — is the contemporary soundtrack […]