Musician Robin Thicke. Photo / AP
R&B star Robin Thicke has hit back at criticism his hit song Blurred Lines glamourises violence towards women with its sexually suggestive lyrics.
Thicke recently scored his first number one in the US and UK with the track, which features Pharrell Williams and TI, but he has come under fire
from officials at a British rape charity for his choice of words on the single.
They are upset with lines like, "I hate these blurred lines/I know you want it" and "Nothing like your last guy/He don't smack that a** and pull your hair like that".
Rape Crisis spokeswoman Katie Russell said: "The lyrics of Blurred Lines seem to glamourise violence against women and to reinforce rape myths, which we strive to dispel...
"More disturbingly, certain lyrics are explicitly sexually violent and appear to reinforce victim-blaming rape myths, for example about women giving 'mixed signals' through their dress or behaviour, saying 'no' when they really mean 'yes' and so on."
