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A spoof version of Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines', featuring nearly naked male models, has become an viral hit, chalking up nearly a million YouTube views in four days. Check it out below.
Robin Thicke's original video came under criticism for featuring topless women, but in the new video, Thicke (plus collaborators Pharrell and T.I) are replaced by three female singers. The trio make reference to male genitalia throughout the clip, including the use of a Calippo.
"It’s our opinion that most attempts to show female objectification in the media by swapping the genders serve more to ridicule the male body than to highlight the extent to which women get objectified and does everyone a disservice," say creators Mod Carousel in a statement about the spoof.
"We made this video specifically to show a spectrum of sexuality as well as present both women and men in a positive light, one where objectifying men is more than alright and where women can be strong and sexy without negative repercussions."
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In a recent interview with The Metro newspaper, Thicke claimed that his original video did not objectify women, and was no different to seeing naked women in classic art.
"If it’s acceptable to ‘objectify’ women in the Louvre…," said Thicke. "People have been painting and sculpting naked women since the beginning of time. We didn’t objectify them, we just showed them in their most natural state."
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