Janelle Monáe blamed an all-male Freedom Caucus meeting for her remarks about women abstaining from sex. (Wikimedia Commons)
It turns out Janelle Monáe doesn’t think all women should stop having sex despite being quoted as saying, “Until every man is fighting for our rights, we should consider stopping having sex.”
Monáe cleared up the confusion over her remarks to Marie Claire by linking to a headline that said she thinks “all women” should abstain from sex. On Twitter Monday, April 10, Monáe said women “must demand our agency” and said her comments were fueled by the March meeting Vice President Mike Pence held with the all-male Freedom Caucus to discuss health care changes that would include pregnancy and maternity reforms.
I don't think that, but I do get frustrated when women's rights are trampled on and disregarded. And we must demand our agency. ❤️ https://t.co/cYMi0YD5BX
— Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) April 10, 2017
Sometimes you give interviews right after the “leader of the free world” has a meeting to discuss women’s issues with a room full of men…
— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) April 10, 2017
and it’s very frustrating. But no, I don’t think sex is a bargaining tool… I just wonder how these people got born and raised.
— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) April 10, 2017
then I remember that choosing a partner for a co-parent is important. Because those values are passed down for generations. Hotep to hotep.
— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) April 10, 2017
then I remember that choosing a partner for a co-parent is important. Because those values are passed down generations. Sexist to Sexist.
— Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) April 11, 2017
then I remember that choosing a partner for a co-parent is important. Because those values r passed down generations. Mysogynist2Mysogynist.
— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) April 11, 2017
Several fans responded in praise of Monáe schooling publications that wrote about the quote.
@JanelleMonae Put them in check Ms. Jane! So many people are taking your words out of context!
— ✨Queen Tay✨ (@taysexuality) April 10, 2017
@JanelleMonae CHECK THEM SIS
— phteven (@mochiruu) April 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/taysexuality/status/851578769596977152
Some attacked the headlines spurred out of Monáe’s quote as click bait.
@JanelleMonae That’s a crappy sensationalistic headline making light of both a very real issue and your thoughts on the subject.
— Selkies Resist (@eustaciavye77) April 11, 2017
@JanelleMonae Thanks for clarifying. I knew that title was total clickbait.
— Hayley J. Armstrong (@FroPaz444) April 10, 2017
One man chimed in to wonder what rights men were afforded that women didn’t have.
@JanelleMonae what rights do men have that women don’t? Also. Don’t women have the right to vote? Didn’t they vote those men into office?
— Inconvenient truth (@ApolloTheLeader) April 11, 2017
