Feminists Believe Adele’s Hit Song ‘Hello’ ‘Normalizes Sexual Harassment’

If you haven’t heard Adele’s hit song “Hello,” well, you’re probably the only person on the planet who hasn’t.

Let’s fix that.

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OVER ONE BILLION VIEWS. That’s insane.

If you’re not familiar with Adele, all you need to know is this: She has the voice of an angel. The problem is, most of her songs give you a strong case of the feels and make you want to crouch in a corner and cry for no apparent reason. But besides that, she rocks.

But feminists have a problem with her latest hit. “Hello” is actually terrible, because it encourages sexual harassment. At least, according to The University of Oklahoma’s Gender + Equality Center. (Yes, they have an entire center for gender and equality.) The center’s mission is to “foster social justice by advocating for the rights of women and LGBTQ students, empowering those without a voice, and challenging inequality.”

The center recently distributed a series of posters on campus, highlighting rape-y songs. In honor of “Stalking Awareness Month.” You know.

Which brings me back to Adele’s song, “Hello.”  The center has a specific problem with the verse, “I must have called a thousand times.” Because stalker. Hello.

“To begin a much needed conversation about harassment on college campuses, the University of Oklahoma Gender + Equality Center used popular songs that students listen to, to attract students’ attention and to bring awareness to subtle messages in popular song lyrics,” Moxley told FOX411. “The music examples were used to demonstrate how aspects of popular media could be interpreted to normalize unhealthy relationship behaviors.”

They also have a problem with Maroon 5’s song, “Animals.” More specifically, the line “Baby, I’m preying on you tonight. Hunt you down eat you alive.”

Don’t get them wrong.  They’re not trying to shame the artists behind these songs. They simply want to raise awareness. Pinky swear.

“I think creating a ridiculous comparison undermines the true horrifying nature of stalking and sexual harassment. The bureaucrats who did this aren’t helping women,” Dan Gainor, VP Business and Culture at Media Research Center said. “I think the university needs to talk to its staff and tell them to stop being idiots. Their goal is to educate and help protect people. Not hold them up to ridicule.”

I’m curious. Did the center put up any posters with Beyoncé or Jay-Z lyrics? Like, “We sex again in the morning, your breastses are my breakfast” or “He popped all my buttons and he ripped my blouse, he Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown.”

No? Those lyrics didn’t make the cut?

h/t Fox News