 Aguilera 's new image was so widely rejected by the public that it began to overshadow her music . Tim Walker from The Independent wrote : " [ Aguilera ] simulated masturbation while wearing little more than a pair of leather chaps . " Entertainment Weekly described Aguilera 's image in the video as " the world 's skeeziest reptile woman , " and The Village Voice captioned her as a xenomorph from the Alien series . Several of Aguilera 's contemporaries , such as Shakira and Jessica Simpson , expressed disapproval of her image and the sexuality of the video . Time magazine commented that " she appeared to have arrived on the set ... direct from an intergalactic hooker convention . " Writer Emma Forrest remarked : " What she 's depicting is subcultures within sexuality , and to say that this is normal young woman 's sexuality is just not fair . ... Even Madonna never did that to girls . " Aguilera told Blender in response to the criticism : 
