Sabrina Carpenter has been accused of ‘reducing women to pets’ by a leading domestic violence charity as the row over her new controversial new album cover deepens.
The popstar, 26, announced the 12-song record titled ‘Man’s Best Friend’ on Wednesday accompanied with a picture of a faceless man pulling her hair as she posed on all fours.
While the announcement of new music was met with much fanfare, many have criticised the singer for over-sexualising herself and encouraging the return of ‘tired stereotypical tropes’ around women.
Glasgow Women’s Aid, who were established during the second wave of the women’s liberation movement, were one of the leading organisations who delivered a scathing verdict on Ms Carpenter’s new album cover yesterday.
They said: ‘Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover isn’t edgy, it’s regressive.
‘Picturing herself on all fours, with a man pulling her hair and calling it “Man’s Best Friend” isn’t subversion.
‘It’s a throwback to tired tropes that reduce women to pets, props, and possessions and promote an element of violence and control. We’ve fought too hard for this.
‘We get Sabrina’s brand is packaged up retro glam but we really don’t need to go back to the tired stereotypes of women.
Sabrina Carpenter has been accused of ‘reducing women to pets’ by a leading domestic violence charity as the row over her new controversial new album cover deepens
The popstar, 26, announced the 12-song record titled ‘Man’s Best Friend’ on Wednesday
While the announcement of new music was met with much fanfare, many have criticised the singer for over-sexualising herself and encouraging the return of ‘tired stereotypical tropes’ around women
‘Sabrina is pandering to the male gaze and promoting misogynistic stereotypes, which is ironic given the majority of her fans are young women!
‘Come on Sabrina! You can do better!’
The 26-year-old herself addressed these criticisms in an interview with American music magazine Rolling Stone this week, where she features on this month’s front cover wearing almost no clothes.
She said: ‘It’s always so funny to me when people complain. They’re like, “All she does is sing about this”.
‘But those are the songs that you’ve made popular. Clearly you love sex. You’re obsessed with it.’
The album will feature her latest hit song ‘Manchild’ in a song widely believed to be aimed at her ex-boyfriend, Barry Keoghan. The single was also accompanied by a music video, during which Ms Carpenter is seen bathing with two piglets she labels as men.
The criticisms also come just months after Brit Awards viewers were left outraged at her performance that saw her get down on her knees in front of a ‘King’s Guard’.
Parents of young children watched on in disbelief as the scantily dressed Espresso singer, 25, opened the awards at The O2 in London with a steamy set.
The 26-year-old addressed criticisms in an interview with American music magazine Rolling Stone this week, where she features on this month’s front cover wearing almost no clothes
The criticisms also come just months after Brit Awards viewers were left outraged at her performance that saw her get down on her knees in front of a ‘King’s Guard’
Sabrina Carpenter’s Brits ‘sex show’ as she gets on her knees in front of ‘King’s Guard’
They vowed to immediately contact ITV and Ofcom after Carpenter – dressed in a red lingerie outfit – crouched down in front of a dancer dressed in a King’s Guard uniform.
The camera then panned to the ‘guard’ who looked towards the lens and winked.
She had opened the awards ceremony wearing a red sparkly military-style blazer dress in homage to Britain.
Surrounded by dancers dressed in King’s Guards uniform, she strutted down a red carpet lit up with the Union Flag.
Carpenter then changed into a red lingerie outfit to perform song ‘Bed Chem’ on a large bed where she spread her legs apart.
