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Thug Passion By Diane Littlejohn Ladies you know what I’m talking bout. The thug. That gold-chain hanging, jeans off his ass, wife-beater wearing, neck tattoo sporting, sexy as hell dude that makes you moist and gives your parents a coronary at just the mention of his name. He may rock braids, dreds or a baldie, have no legit source of income, curses like a sailor and smokes weed. He’s that thug in the streets, but that man under the sheets. Entire songs have been devoted to him. But why is this type of man so appealing to so many women, particularly the professional woman or the so called “good girl?” I know women who seek out this type of man, the hyper-masculine bad boy. I have always wondered what was the appeal, besides the obvious sexual reasons, this type of man had. Some women have told me that the thug-lifer or bad boy offers some sense of protection and excitement to their otherwise dull and sensible lives. “I think that women are attracted to this type of man because his aggressiveness is sexy,” says a friend of mine. “Women like a man who will stand up for himself, someone who will tell them no sometimes.” But I can’t help to think that the glamorized image of rappers on television and movies have had some influence. Years ago men like Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington were the epitome of sexy. When hip-hop took over popular culture a new sex symbol emerged, the celebrity thug. Now stars like DMX, T.I., 50 Cent and even R & B crooners R. Kelly and D’Angelo have become what is considered socially desirable. “Rappers have come to represent an
unbridled toughness, and I think that women find that very
attractive,” says Nelson George, author of One Woman
Short. “Women want to feel safe, and these kinds
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