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"People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite"

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Lopez is calling out a cultural shortcut so old it barely feels like an argument anymore: if a woman is visibly curvy and comfortable being seen, the public treats her body as evidence in a moral trial. The line lands because it’s not framed as a lofty critique; it’s a lived complaint about how quickly “sexy” gets translated into “available,” and how that translation becomes license for gossip, surveillance, and punishment.

The specific intent is defensive, but not apologetic. She’s drawing a boundary between image and behavior, between what the audience consumes and what they feel entitled to assume. “Shaped this way” matters: it points to the way “sexiness” is often read as something women do on purpose, a calculated performance, rather than something society projects onto certain bodies. When she says “scandalous,” she’s naming the fantasy the culture writes for her - the hotel-room montage, the tabloid-ready narrative arc - and refusing to audition for it.

The subtext is sharper: Lopez is also negotiating the double bind of celebrity femininity. Her brand depends on glamour and desirability, yet those same aesthetics invite a moralized backlash that men rarely face. The “just the opposite” twist is strategic; it asserts agency without disowning sexuality. In the late-90s/early-2000s pop landscape that made her a global figure, Latina “spice” was marketable but easily stereotyped as excess. She’s insisting on complexity: you can be hot, visible, and still private, careful, self-directed. That insistence is the real provocation.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lopez, Jennifer. (2026, January 18). People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-equate-sexy-with-promiscuous-they-think-7651/

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Lopez, Jennifer. "People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-equate-sexy-with-promiscuous-they-think-7651/.

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"People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-equate-sexy-with-promiscuous-they-think-7651/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

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Jennifer Lopez (born July 24, 1970) is a Musician from USA.

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