Billie Eilish speaks out against being sexualised: “No one ever says a thing about men’s bodies”
nme.comBillie Eilish has spoken out against the sexualisation she has faced throughout her career – read what she had to say below.Speaking to Variety for a new feature interview, Eilish spoke of the struggles she’s faced with sexualisation in her career.
Eilish – now 21 years old – got her start in the industry in at the age of 13, when ‘Ocean Eyes’ went viral on SoundCloud.Over the course of the next 8 years, Eilish would enjoy and unparalleled rise to fame – which came with its own collection of setbacks.
As a teenager and young adult, Eilish chose to deck herself in baggy clothes, to avoid being subject to sexualisation, though her modesty only led more people to question what her physique is like.“I wasn’t trying to have people not sexualize me,” she explained to Variety. “But I didn’t want people to have access to my body, even visually.
I wasn’t strong enough and secure enough to show it. If I had shown it at that time, I would have been completely devastated if people had said anything.”She went on to explain: “I have big boobs.
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