Sabrina Carpenter has slammed critics who have attacked her over her stage performances - branding their views "regressive".
The 25-year-old Espresso singer came under fire last year when one of her tour performances was branded overly sexual.
This week, the singer was criticised by ageing record producers Mike Stock, 73, Matt Aitken, 68 and Pete Waterman, 78, who branded the singer's image "lazy" and accused her of "throwing away" women's rights.
Now Carpenter has viciously hit back at the ageing men and her other critics, accusing them of presiding over the shameful treatment of women in music over the decades.
She told The Sun on Sunday, "My message has always been clear - if you can't handle a girl who is confident in her own sexuality, then don't come to my shows."
The Please, Please, Please singer added, "Female artists have been shamed forever. In the Noughties it was Rihanna, in the Nineties it was Britney Spears, in the Eighties it was Madonna - and now it's me.
"It's essentially saying that female performers should not be able to embrace their sexuality in their lyrics, in the way we dress, in the way we perform.
"It is totally regressive. It's like those who want to shame don't make comments when I talk about self-care or body positivity or heartbreak, which are all normal things a 25-year-old goes through."
She added, "They just want to talk about the sexual side of my performances."
Later this year, fans in the UK and Europe will be able to watch Carpenter perform themselves as her Short n' Sweet World Tour has dates across the continent beginning on 3 March.
