 USA Today writer Steve Jones named it one of the standout tracks of the album and commented that " she seems most at ease when she 's playing the teasing tart " . Talia Kraines of the BBC commented that Spears needed more songs like " Womanizer " , saying " Britney 2 @.@ 0 needs to be full of wild dancefloor driven moves " . Simon Price of The Independent commented the song borrows its electronic sound from Goldfrapp . Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times complimented Spears ' delivery and the lyrics , saying the song is " about the kind of girl power that 's focused on besting one obnoxious man , is also vintage and contemporary at the same time – more feminism as individualism " . Mike Newmark of PopMatters called the song " a meaty , high @-@ voltage shuffler helmed by the Outsyders , who do an admirable job of recreating the chemistry of Spears and Danja on last year ’ s single ' Gimme More ' " . 
