The 25-year-old singer found worldwide fame with her single `Tik Tok` - which was criticised for promoting drinking and promiscuity - and she doesn`t think it`s fair that men are allowed to sing about getting drunk and women aren`t.
She said: "If men can talk about drinking in every awesome rock `n` roll song and every awesome rap song, why can`t a woman? Just because I drink doesn`t mean I`m a drunk. Just because I have sex, and I`m not embarrassed doesn`t mean I`m a whore.
"If men can do it, why can`t a woman do it? I really feel one of my main reasons for being on this earth is to level out the playing field just a little bit."
The `Die Young` hitmaker - who is just about to release her second album `Warrior` - considers herself a feminist and insists she is determined to push the boundaries of what women can do.
When asked if she`s a feminist, she told the Financial Times Weekend magazine: "In some ways. In the ways that I feel I can do the same things men can do, and be just as rock `n` roll and bad ass and not feel shameful or be shamed for it."
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