It’s the new dance craze here and many artistes have hopped on the bandwagon. But when the latest “daggering” song hit the airwaves, government, broadcast regulators, civil society and others in Jamaica said enough is enough.

Dr. Donna Hope, a lecturer in reggae studies at the University of the West Indies, told IPS that while “daggering” is a new slang, its demeaning connotations are all too familiar.

“It is less about sex and more about aggrandising or uplifting the male identity, so you can take charge of this woman. It is the kind of ‘cock-it-up-jack-it-up-dig-out-de-red’ discussion,” she said, noting that when female singers mimic the style of “daggering” songs, “it’s really about rescuing the women, or to stand up for the women in the face of this onslaught of male enlistment and male domination.” .

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