Erykah Badu goes on rant about how girls should dress
Erykah Badu earned a lot of the Internet’s wrath after expressing she wants high school girls to wear long skirts in order to not “distract” male teachers.
The musician was singing a tune seen with heavy implications of victim blaming during a lengthy Twitter rant on Monday night.
“There was an article ruling that high school girls lower their skirts so male teachers are not distracted. I agreed because I am aware we live in a sex I-driven society,” she explained as she kicked off her controversial social media stream.
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Singer Erykah Badu shared her thoughts on how high school girls should dress.
“It is everyone’s, male and female’s responsibility to protect young ladies. One way to protect youth is to remind them we are sexual in nature and as they grow and develop it is natural to attract men,” she continued.
The mother-of-two was inspired to launch her tirade after she saw an article about how a New Zealand school mandated girlswear below the knee skirts to keep from attracting the attention of boys and male staff.
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The singer said its everyone's job to protect young ladies.
“Men automatically are attracted to women of child bearing age,” she tweeted, adding the “nature” of men is to be attracted to young women in skirts.
Throughout her many tweets, the 44-year-old seemed conflicted, taking different sides throughout the long lasting argument. At one point, she contradicted herself and said she wants her daughters to wear “what they like, yet be aware.”
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Badu penned several tweets on the topic.
But, later, she declared if she had a school, she would make it a rule for uniform skirts to be knee length so “it is fair to everyone.” Badu explained the backtracking as “seeing both sides.”
After severe backlash, the rapper, who last year ripped apart Iggy Azalea, began to engage with multiple tweeters and defended herself from slut-shaming accusations.
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Badu engaged with tweeters on both sides of the argument.
Despite the whirlwind of points she tried to made, this seemed to be Badu’s main message: “Morality is set up to protect our young but when it fails and nature over rides we must step in and use intelligence.”
Still, many on Twitter attacked the star.
"Erykah Badu perpetuating rape culture by saying girls should cover up to prevent male distraction is making me want to regurgitate," one tweeter wrote.
"Had to unfollow Erykah Badu for that nonsense she was tweeting. Don't make young girls responsible for older men's actions," another wrote.
The "On and On" musician did have some supporters, many of which she retweeted.
Erykah Badu earned a lot of the Internet’s wrath after expressing she wants high school girls to wear long skirts in order to not “distract” male teachers.
The musician was singing a tune seen with heavy implications of victim blaming during a lengthy Twitter rant on Monday night.
“There was an article ruling that high school girls lower their skirts so male teachers are not distracted. I agreed because I am aware we live in a sex I-driven society,” she explained as she kicked off her controversial social media stream.
@FATBELLYBELLA VIA TWITTER
Singer Erykah Badu shared her thoughts on how high school girls should dress.
“It is everyone’s, male and female’s responsibility to protect young ladies. One way to protect youth is to remind them we are sexual in nature and as they grow and develop it is natural to attract men,” she continued.
The mother-of-two was inspired to launch her tirade after she saw an article about how a New Zealand school mandated girlswear below the knee skirts to keep from attracting the attention of boys and male staff.
@FATBELLYBELLA VIA TWITTER
The singer said its everyone's job to protect young ladies.
“Men automatically are attracted to women of child bearing age,” she tweeted, adding the “nature” of men is to be attracted to young women in skirts.
Throughout her many tweets, the 44-year-old seemed conflicted, taking different sides throughout the long lasting argument. At one point, she contradicted herself and said she wants her daughters to wear “what they like, yet be aware.”
@FATBELLYBELLA VIA TWITTER
Badu penned several tweets on the topic.
But, later, she declared if she had a school, she would make it a rule for uniform skirts to be knee length so “it is fair to everyone.” Badu explained the backtracking as “seeing both sides.”
After severe backlash, the rapper, who last year ripped apart Iggy Azalea, began to engage with multiple tweeters and defended herself from slut-shaming accusations.
@FATBELLYBELLA VIA TWITTER
Badu engaged with tweeters on both sides of the argument.
Despite the whirlwind of points she tried to made, this seemed to be Badu’s main message: “Morality is set up to protect our young but when it fails and nature over rides we must step in and use intelligence.”
Still, many on Twitter attacked the star.
"Erykah Badu perpetuating rape culture by saying girls should cover up to prevent male distraction is making me want to regurgitate," one tweeter wrote.
"Had to unfollow Erykah Badu for that nonsense she was tweeting. Don't make young girls responsible for older men's actions," another wrote.
The "On and On" musician did have some supporters, many of which she retweeted.
