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Shakira: I feel the Barbie movie is emasculating to a certain extent

Source: PA Archive

Shakira has said the Barbie movie could be seen as “emasculating” to young boys and that she believes women should be empowered “without robbing men of their possibility to be men”.

The Colombian pop superstar, 47, was asked about watching the Greta Gerwig-directed Barbie, which sees Barbieland controlled by women until the

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