âNo man ever looked at Mick Jagger and thought: âWell, this is demeaning; now weâre all going to have to wear too-tight jeans.ââ To be fair, men arenât judged nor rewarded for their looks to the extent that women are. But I think Sabrina Carpenter is taking a Dolly Parton-inspired approach: She is a mirror to the impossible standards of female sexuality, not a pedestal.
Sabrina Carpenter may be âhighly sexualisedâ â but thatâs not what is most provocative about her | Zoe Williams
The superstar singer is being used in an argument about sex, pornography, the male gaze, female desire and blond hair that has been going on since before her grandmother was born. Meanwhile, her autonomy is overlooked, writes Zoe Williams
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