Ne-Yo caused a little controversy when he chimed in on the topic of men referring to women offensively in their music. He stopped by The Cruz Show, where he discussed how women need to take some of the responsibility for it happening.
He says, “It’s gotten super misogynistic, which I don’t understand,” the “So Sick” singer said of the current state of music. “And mind you, I can only blame us men halfway for that because as a woman, if a man sings the word b–ch to you and you smile at him, he’s probably going to do it again, and again, and again, and again.”
“And the more misogynistic the lyrics get, the more y’all accept it, the more that’s gonna happen. That’s just kinda what it is,” the singer said.
Ne-Yo continued to say, “Ladies, I love y’all to death, but if you want men to stop calling you b–ches, stop dancing to the records.”
Yahoo reports that there were mixed reviews on his statement under the clip on Instagram. One user stated,
“Nope, [Ne-Yo] was dead wrong and doesn’t have the voice to speak for women about what we wanna dance to and anything else. How about we get a women’s perspective for once when it comes to women’s issues.” “Society will always find a way to constantly blame women, never any accountability from men,” and “Naw, he is full of toxic masculinity and part of the prob.”
Another says,
“It’s never the men who disrespect women that are wrong. It’s still the women’s fault for the disrespect. It’s a justification for an inappropriate action on the male part but it’s still the women [who are blamed] somehow. It’s gaslighting — I did this cuz you did that. Not them being responsible for their behavior… This is a prime example of people not taking responsibility of their own behavior. And I am sadden cuz I actually like this cats music.”
But some agreed with him saying,
“It’s true tho… If we allow it by singing along and dancing to the sh*t, how can we ever expect it to stop/change?”
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