"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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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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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.











