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"Sinead O&amp;#039;Connor has spoken about Justin Bieber, saying that she believes the pop star was &amp;quot;sold on his sexuality.&amp;quot; The &amp;quot;Nothing Compares 2 U&amp;quot; singer argued that young male celebrities can be sexualized just as much as females. Speaking to Magic FM, she said: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;I think that people focus an awful lot on the female aspect to this, but it is also the males. The very young male artists who are practically children or look like children are also being sexualized. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Justin Bieber is a great example. When he came along he was only 16 years of age. Obviously he was extraordinarily talented, so I&amp;#039;m not trying to negate that, but he was very much being sold on his sexuality.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; O&amp;#039;Connor added that she thought the outfit Britney Spears wore in the video to her breakthrough hit &amp;quot;... Baby One More Time&amp;quot; was inappropriate. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Britney Spears, of course, was quite inappropriately young to be sold in that way, dressed up in a school uniform,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;But I think that really people forget that the guys are going through it as well, and I think that is quite important.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; O&amp;#039;Connor previously wrote an open letter to Miley Cyrus, warning her that the music business &amp;quot;will prostitute you for all you are worth.&amp;quot; Cyrus responded by appearing to mock O&amp;#039;Connor&amp;#039;s past struggles with bipolar disorder, leading to the Irish singer threatening legal action. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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