"Admittedly, when a woman uses the word to refer to herself or her friends in an empowering way, it’s a lot easier to swallow then when a man flings it in our direction. Does that make it right? That’s up to the individual — there are a myriad of traumatic events, generational conditionings and socio-economic issues that can influence how one interprets it. Whatever the case, there’s an overwhelming sense (most) women are fed up with the constant disrespect — and pressing fast-forward.

On July 3, Janelle Monáe used her Twitter platform to speak out against Hip Hop’s torrid love affair with misogyny and called for men to become accountable.

“I really only ever wanna hear women rapping,” she wrote. “The amount of misogyny from most of men in rap and music is infuriating. We need to abolish that shit too. Y’all can’t wait to call women every bitch, hoe, discuss violent acts against women, etc. for clout in rap, rock, and through out music history.

“Misogyny has NEVER been okay yet it has become normalized. Women didn’t create misogyny, y’all did. SO YOU DO THE WORK to ABOLISH IT. The only gas lighting I accept is the gas we lighting to burn down the misogyny.”