That's the argument of one politician in her native Colombia who wants to ban the superstar's latest music video for its "immoral and vulgar" content.
The offending video is for Shakira's new single "Can't Remember To Forget You," a racy production that features Rihanna.
Shakira does her trademark hip-shaking and gyrating in the video, but also shares scenes in bed with Rihanna and smoking cigars.
Bogota Councilman Marco
Fidel Ramirez said the video should be banned from Colombian airwaves
because the smoking and the touching in bed violate a law that prohibits
broadcast material that damages the "moral integrity" of children.
"I found a video that
evidently contains images that in my opinion are not useful for the
emotional growth and development of youths," Ramirez told CNN en Español
on Wednesday.
The councilman wrote a
letter to Shakira, appealing to her role as a mother and asking her to
remove the video from the Internet and to consider retracting the song
altogether.
"I feel it promotes immorality," he told CNN en Español.
Ramirez took his campaign
to social media, distributing a flier on Facebook and Twitter that
warns that the video promotes smoking and lesbianism. (In his letter to
the singer, Ramirez explains that he believes that a "normal" family is
comprised of a man and a woman and children).
His comments were met
with critics who accused him of censorship, but others supported his
stance, saying the video goes too far.
"I think the message
that Shakira is sending to the youth and children around the world is a
message that sells a lifestyle and promotes a particular orientation,
that in my opinion, does not reflect the views of most Colombians,"
Ramirez said.
In Colombia, Shakira is
more than a music star. She is an important advocate and philanthropist
who has a foundation to help impoverished children in Colombia and has
been a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
Ramirez calls himself a
fan of Shakira, and argues that precisely because of her talent and
fame, she doesn't need sex to sell her albums.
She has a social responsibility, Ramirez said, to not repeat stereotypes of women in music.
Asked if he would back
the ban of dozens of other artists who depict sex, smoking or drinking
in their music or videos, Ramirez said Shakira's case is different
because so many children look up to her.
Shakira has not responded to CNN requests for response to the politician's claims.
