R&B singer Jaguar Wright recently blasted women in the music industry for allowing their sexuality to take precedence over their talent.

The outspoken vocalist who dropped her critically acclaimed debut Denials Delusions and Decisions in 2002 is now speaking out against many of her contemporaries who rely on scanty outfits to sell themselves onstage and in videos.

"We have moved backward, with women in music allowing themselves to be presented as sexual objects again, and in more graphic and demeaning ways than ever."

In the wake of Destiny Child's farewell tour which has included racy onstage numbers and a recent BET Awards appearance which saw them perform lap dances for several celebrity audience members, Wright cited role models such as "Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Nina Simone."

"These were the women I was drawn to," she continued. "Women who possessed power, poise, uncommon beauty and brash attitudes. I'm not saying their sexuality wasn't part of their appeal -- because it obviously was. However, it was their talent that was paramount."

In light of the many music videos which feature artists such as industry vet Mariah Carey wearing little more than lingerie, she says class is becoming a thing of the past.

"If they cannot see your beauty with your clothes on, what makes you think they will see it with your clothes off? Whatever happened to leaving something to the imagination?"

Wright's latest, Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul, dropped in July and features the single "Free."