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Rapper Questions Sheer Fashion Tops Trend, But the Responses Was More Than He Bargained For

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Quenlin Blackwell and Yung Jules voiced opposing ideas about women and their bodies. (@quenblackwell/@iHateYungJules)

When a male Twitter user questioned women’s decision to wear sheer shirts, a young woman called him out leading to a wave of others to follow her lead.

Yung Jules, a rapper from Newark, N.J., wondered about a new trend that could take over this summer. The Thursday, April 20, tweet featured an image of model Bernice Burgos in a sheer top and singer Paloma Ford in a mesh dress.

https://twitter.com/iHateYungJules/status/855264586391584773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Ftanyachen%2Fwere-just-joining-the-wave

Quenlin Blackwell, a student from Dallas, Texas, caught wind of the tweet and responded two days later.

https://twitter.com/quenblackwell/status/855889667295772672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Ftanyachen%2Fwere-just-joining-the-wave

Blackwell’s tweets racked up many responses from other users on both sides of the debate and received tens of thousands of retweets and likes.

A pair of Twitter users engaged in a back and forth over whether or not women should be able to expose their breasts.

https://twitter.com/SadDad_420/status/856050526382837760

https://twitter.com/SadDad_420/status/856172528678522880

Some women spoke up in favor of freeing the nipple.

And men voiced support for women doing what they want with their bodies.

Several people directly fired back at Jules’ tweet, calling out his sexist double standard.

One man didn’t want men to be blamed for their behavior when they see women’s nipples.

https://twitter.com/E_Wall724/status/855987368272285696

When the Jules felt the heat, he asserted women should do what they want.

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