I don't have to be one thing or the other. I'm a multi-faceted woman, and person, like all women are – there's no black and white. We have shades of grey in the middle. And even many more colours that other people don't see! So, no, I don't think that… that I put myself in any situation in which I am objectified. But I do take advantage of, you know, feeling sensual and feeling sexy. And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered. Is a woman who is comfortable in her own skin. Which is so important as well.

Shakira interview: 'Feeling sexy is empowering' (January 13, 2015)