Texas-native singer and actress Erykah Badu is supporting the decision of a New Zealand school that recently came under fire for telling teen girls to wear longer skirts so that they do not "distract" male students and teachers.
Badu shared her thoughts about the topic on Twitter in a number of tweets.
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"There was an article ruling that high school girls lower their skirts so male teachers are not distracted. I agreed because I am aware that we live in a sex I-driven society. It is everyone's, male and female's responsibility to protect young ladies," Badu wrote.
...one way to protect youth is to remind them we are all sexual in nature and as they grow and develop it is natural to attract men...
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
...it is not them who is doing anything wrong by being beautiful and attractive but with such imbalance in our society it is smart to be...
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
... aware and awake. Men and women both go thru cycles of arousal. Men automatically are attracted to women of child bearing age....
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
...I want my daughters to understand this. I want them to be themselves and wear what they like, yet be aware. Not ignore our differences...
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
Males should be taught to be responsible for their actions from childhood. It's not ok to "prey" on young women...
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
...But do I think it is unnatural for a heterosexual male 2b attracted to a young woman in a revealing skirt? No. I think it is his nature..
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
...if I had a school I would make sure that the uniform skirt length was a nice knee length... It is fair to everyone...
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
...young women you are beautiful. Young men you are beautiful. Protect one another.
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016
Badu received some support about her opinions, but many users argue that she was defending men's rights to be sexually attracted to teen girls.
"Erykah Badu just went on an entire rant about how men being attracted to young women is ok because it is his nature, I'm so done," one user wrote.
"This thought process is problematic because it shifts the blame," another user wrote.
Some of Badu's followers were so outraged with her tweets that they unfollowed her.
Good to see the rape culture and misogyny is alive and well in Erykah Badu's heart. Used to like you BYE https://t.co/Hzg3LB4pCf
— Sanguine Grinowe’en (@canuckyoutoo) April 12, 2016
This isn't the first time Badu has sparked controversy. During the 2015 BET Soul Train Awards, Badu insulted Iggy Azalea saying, "Who is this? Iggy Azalea?...What you're doing is definitely not rap." Fans criticized her for not supporting women.
Azalea fired back on Twitter.
"We are days from 2016, but I came online today and saw its still cool to try and discredit my 2014 accomplishments. LOL"