Singer Charlotte Church has attacked the sexism of the “juvenile” male-dominated music industry.
In a hard-hitting speech she said the industry was increasingly creating and promoting “child-like” sex objects.
The 27-year-old backed calls for an age-ratings system for explicit music videos and said radio executives needed to shoulder some responsibility for playlisting artists who relied on “soft porn” to boost their profile.
Her comments — in an address to radio executives — come as there is increasing concern about sexual imagery to sell music with singer Miley Cyrus appearing naked in her video for the single Wrecking Ball.
Church, who like Cyrus found success in her early teens, told how she faced considerable pressure to promote her music in ever more suggestive outfits, Mirror informs.
She said the legacy of revealing outfits is that she faces a barrage of abuse online, being called a “slut” and a “whore”.
