Voices: I love it when older guys tell younger women what to wear – don’t you?
Voices: I love it when older guys tell younger women what to wear – don’t you?
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Pop pensioners Pete Waterman and Mike Stock have slated Sabrina Carpenter’s multi-award-winning music, lyrics, and wardrobe. Haven’t we changed this record already, asks Olivia Petter. It’s always a very good idea to tell a woman what to wear, especially if you’re a man. Whether you think her skirt is too short or her top too low-cut, there are always adjustments to make and pigeonholes to squash her into. If she goes too far one way, you can call her a slut. Too far the other, and she’s a prude. It’s a very simple system that has formed the bedrock of misogyny for millennia and it’s still being rolled out in 2025.
This week, the target was Sabrina Carpenter, one of the most successful musicians working today. The 25-year-old Disney star-turned-pop sensation has broken records with her hit song, ‘Espresso’, while her latest album, Short’n’Sweet, has earned her six Grammy nominations. Her music dominated the charts last year. And yet, three older male juggernauts of the music industry have decided instead to focus on what she wears. How incredibly boring.
Pete Waterman is best known for being part of the Stock Aitken Waterman production and songwriting team, which was behind some of the UK’s biggest hit songs in the 80s and 90s by artists including Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, and Steps. Waterman is not a fan of Carpenter’s wardrobe and told The Sun: “To see Sabrina Carpenter dressed as a little girl is quite offensive. She doesn’t need that. She’s got great talent, and yet the whole of the industry, these girls come out in as little as possible because they know they’re driving young boys to their websites.”.
