The 'Love Me Harder' singer says, 'I am tired of living in world where women are mostly referred to as a man's past, present or future PROPERTY / POSSESSION.'
- Jun 8, 2015
AceShowbiz - Ariana Grande is fed up with questions about whom she's dating after her Big Sean breakup. The singer/actress slams "the double standard and misogyny" in how society talks about men and women and their relationships.
"A girl can be friends with someone with a d*** and not hop on it," the former Nickelodeon star told The Sun in a recent interview. "I'm tired of needing to be linked to a guy, I'm not Big Sean's ex, I'm not Niall's new possible girl. I'm Ariana Grande."
She elaborates further in a message on her social media. "What I meant when I said what I said about not being Sean's ex is that I am tired of living in world where women are mostly referred to as a man's past, present or future PROPERTY / POSSESSION," she states. "I ... do not belong to anyone but myself, and neither do you."
"I have clearly not been having the boy questions in my interviews lately because I have come to the realization that I have SO. MUCH. MORE. to talk about," she adds. "I can't wait to live in a world where people are not valued by who they're dating / married to / attached to, having sex with (or not) / seen with.... but by their values as an individual."
Grande concludes her post by quoting feminist icon Gloria Steinem, "Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. She will need her sisterhood."
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 7, 2015