Robin Thicke Named Sexist of the Year; Caps a Big Year for Blurred Lines Singer Who Threw Miley Cyrus Under The Bus for MTV VMAs 2013

Robin Thicke is capping a big year. Thrust into the limelight after the Miley Cyrus performance at the MTV VMAs 2013 and accused of plagiarism after copping licks from Marvin Gaye, Robin hit a new milestone.

Robin Thicke was voted "Sexist of the Year" by a group that represents dozens of women's groups in the United Kingdom. Thicke was named the year's top sexist by the End Violence Against Women Coalition after the lyrics to his worldwide number one hit "Blurred Lines" were deemed "rapey."

Robin Thicke defended lines like "I know you want it" and "I'll give you something big enough to tear your a** in two", but which sounded like it celebrated non-consensual sex.

In a statement about "Blurred Lines," which also featured T.I. and Pharrell the coalition's Sarah Green said "Our heartfelt congratulations to a worthy winner Robin Thicke for both his concerted sexist efforts, and in the end the platform he created for rejection of the use of women as objects to promote mediocre pop."

For his output Thicke won a voucher to download Aretha Franklin's "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." Let's just hope he doesn't take the chords, change the lyrics and call it his own.

Thicke's told GQ magazine,"People say, 'Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?' I'm like, 'Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I've never gotten to do that before'."

Robin said he wrote "Blurred Lines" for his wife, Paula Patton. He told BBC News, "I don't think people got it out here in the UK in those positions of power. I think the kids get it. I just have to deal with that. I wrote it about my wife. She's my good girl. And I know she wants it because we've been together for 20 years so I can vouch for that." 

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