American singer Olivia Rodrigo rejected criticism of the “babydoll” dress she wore on stage in Spain, arguing that the controversy reveals sexist attitudes towards women’s bodies and the way in which culture normalizes the sexualization of references associated with childhood.
The babydoll-like dress that Olivia Rodrigo recently used in Barcelona, on Spotify’s Billions Club Live, generated strong controversy on social media, says .
“This shows how we normalize pedophilia in our culture», says the pop singer, for whom the accusations that the look she wore was “childish” were based on sexist attitudes towards women.
Criticism on social media targeted the short, voluminous dress with a floral pattern that the singer wore during the performance of her recent single, at Teatre Grec, in Barcelona, on May 8th. Rodrigo also wears a similar style dress on the cover of his next album.
«That really left me very upset», said Rodrigo in an interview with , from the New York Times. «What is really disturbing It’s just that I feel like I’ve worn more revealing clothes on stage. I’ve been on stage in a bra shiny and short shorts, which is my right. It was fun. I felt good and comfortable like this. And this was not considered inappropriate».
«But I am completely coveredwearing a dress that people consider childish, was seen as inappropriate. I think this shows how we normalize pedophilia in our culture», added the singer.
«And it is also that rhetoric that is instilled in us as girls from a very young age, like: “Don’t wear this, because then a man will sexualize your body and the fault will be yours.” It’s so strange», concludes the North American singer,
The singer highlighted that the babydoll dress It was an iconic piece. among the female punk stars of the 90s. «I didn’t think that look was sexy at all.», said Rodrigo. “I thought, ‘This is so cool. I feel like I look like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love”, all these people who are my heroes».
A dress says a lot about the wearer. But sometimes it says even more about the person who comments on it.
