2013 has been a banner year for representations of women in popular music. While some artists (most notably Lily Allen) have clearly hibernated through this cessation of sexist discrimination in pop culture, a select few men have taken it upon themselves to illuminate this happening to their female audiences. The end of sexism is here, and as we wrap up the year, let’s celebrate these five artists who broke the news.

5. Sean Kingston ft. Chris Brown—”Beat It”

I know I can’t be alone in saying that I missed Chris Brown! Sean Kingston intelligently features America’s best-known domestic abuser on this cleverly titled track, and with him, shows that violence is completely acceptable behavior. As the song’s masterfully composed lyrics demonstrate, she’s just “wanting [him] to beat it”!

4. Justin Timberlake—“Take Back the Night”

Come on, ladies. Groups like Take Back the Night have it all wrong. It’s up to us to stop rape by dressing modestly, not by changing male behavior. Timberlake realizes how necessary it is to trivialize the messages of these misguided organizations; after all, if men “know” when we “feel it,” they can’t possibly rape us.

3. Eminem ft. Kendrick Lamar—“Love Game”

Though it perhaps doesn’t give us the level of creative achievement attained by Eminem’s reclamation of the word “faggot” in “Rap God,” “Love Game” still gives us plenty to talk about. Eminem and Kendrick Lamar both demonstrate the dangerous nature of female sexuality, the former by listing the several men the song’s female subject has slept with, the latter by simply stating “I’m a sucker for love, you’re a sucker for dick.”