Shakira’s ‘diss’ song is disappointingly Sєxist

Attacking a man by belittling his new partner is not the kind of feminist atтιтude we have come to expect from the she-wolf herself, writes Dr Maya Feile Tomes

Shakira at the premiere of Elvis at the Cannes film festival last year. PH๏τograph: Daniel Cole/AP

I’m a Shakira fan, but I am depressed by her new “diss” song (‘Out of your league’: Shakira song mocking ex Gerard Piqué breaks YouTube record, 13 January). It attacks Gerard Piqué by belittling his new partner in terms of her perceived “quality” as a woman. Why a man should be measured in terms of the perceived “worth” of his female partner is beyond me. It is not the kind of feminist atтιтude we have come to expect from the loba (she-wolf) herself, and it is a shame that your coverage merely remarked on the record number of YouTube views the song had received, rather than on its misogynistic content.
Dr Maya Feile Tomes
Cambridge