I’m a big consumer of pop music – on my iPod at the moment are the latest songs from Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, OneRepublic and Train.

But even I’ve been shocked at the latest Billboard Top 100.

Rihanna has a song about S&M, and Enrique Iglesias has just released a song titled “Tonight (I’m going to f*** you)”. Both songs contain sexually explicit lyrics.

What shocks me most is how acceptable these songs are among young teenagers. There are no proections in place to stop kids purchasing this music and plugging it into their ears. In my heyday, it was Marilyn Manson and Slipknot who were beyond repungnant but at least you knew they were and to keep away from them. Their CDs were R16 – but no such age limits apply on iTunes.

It’s not that I’m a prude. I like edgy, contemporary music and I don’t mind particularly if they push the line. So I guess I don’t have a leg to stand on. However, I still very much object to the explicit nature of these songs.

I’ll no longer be buying music off Rihanna or Enrique Iglesias.

Move over Hollywood – the new avenue to push the sexually-explicit agenda is music.

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