Lauper recently dished with Yahoo Music about the evolution of āGirlsā from lotharioās party song to feministās call-to-arms, and she also discussed Madonna, Miley Cyrus, āAmerican Idol,ā and why she never tires of singing āGirlsā live. At the time that āSheās So Unusualā came out, you got a lot of comparisons to Madonna, who was coming up around the same time. How did you feel about that? āThe media invented that rivalry. We really didnāt even know each other. We had a lot of friends in common, but we never really even met except for a few quick times at award shows. We both came out at the same time, we both were very into fashion, we were both very opinionated and demanded to be heard, but our music wasnāt and isnāt similar. They donāt compare men who have successful albums in the same year, do they?ā You never seemed to use your sexuality to sell your music. It just wasnāt part of your image. Were you ever pressured to sex it up more, especially since it was th...