Glasgow charity slams new Sabrina Carpenter album cover

Glasgow Times

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The pop superstar announced she will be releasing her seventh album titled Man's Best Friend on social media yesterday (June 11). It will be released on August 29.
The album cover shows Carpenter on all four's with a man pulling her hair.
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Glasgow Women's Aid, which provides a safe refuge and support to women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, has now hit out on social media saying the image promotes "violence and control".
They called the image a "throwback to tired tropes" that depicts women as "pets, props, and possessions" and said the Espresso singer is "promoting misogynistic stereotypes".
In a post shared on Facebook, they wrote: "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 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."
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The post attracted a number of comments, with many people raising concerns about the effect such imagery could have on fans, particularly young girls.
One person said: "Disappointing for such a role model. Gives me the boak."
A second asked: "I get that Sabrina is doing this for her own subversive/ p**s-taking reasons and that's fine if all her fans were adults but a lot of her fans are young, impressionable girls and how much of this being a very tongue-firmly-in-cheek photograph is completely lost on them?"
A third commented: "I really fear for my daughter growing up in this day and age."
Others simple wrote comments such as "awful", "appalling" and "grim".
However, other's disagreed and felt the image was "tongue-in-cheek" and didn't see it as offensive.
One person wrote: "Or, hear me out, she's doing what she wants to do instead of pandering to the idea that women can't express their sexuality without it being for the sole benefit of men."
Another commented: "Is it not possible that the album cover and Sabrina is expressing exactly this point? That men treat women like dogs?"
A third added: "It's think it's actually a tongue-in-cheek take on men calling women b*****s and almost every song is derogatory towards men."
Carpenter released her first single from the album Manchild earlier this month, with many fans speculating the song is about her famous ex actor Barry Keoghan.
She performed a sold out show at the Hydro in March as part of her Short n' Sweet tour.
You can find out more about Glasgow Women's Aid at glasgowwomensaid.org.uk