Alicia Keys' femininity struggle was unknown to many before, but the "Girl On Fire" singer has only now shed light on the issue with a new blog post. Apparently, the world-famous artist has struggled not only with femininity, but gay rumors and self-acceptance as well.

In Alicia Keys' femininity personal blog Tuesday, the 34-year-old is helping herself and women who identify with such issues, according to Headlines & Global News.

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Keys revealed that she deliberately dressed like a tomboy during the early years of her career in order to disguise her body, reported Rolling Out. Teachers' praises or men's looks towards her curvy figure was attention she did not like.

Titled "A Revelation," Alicia Keys femininity post detailed how she used to "minimize" herself during school days, a stark contrast to how feminists want women to be proud of their own intelligence, talents, body.  Keys felt embarrassed by this, according to The Inquisitr.

"It might have started in school when I realized that I caught on to things a little quicker, and teachers started to show slight favor to me, or use me as an example. I remember feeling like my friends would make fun of me or look at me as if I was different from them, and so... I started hiding," said Keys.

Alicia Keys' femininity post also detailed her struggle during times when men focused on her curves. As a result, she donned loose-fitting denims and braids to appear tomboyish rather than an artist. Like her intelligence, Keys also hid her body.

"I started to notice a drastic difference in how men would relate to me if I had on jeans, or if I had on a skirt, or if my hair was done pretty," she said.

"I didn't want to be talked to in that way, looked at in that way, whistled after, followed," she added. "And so I started hiding. I chose the baggy jeans and timbs, I chose the ponytail and hat, I chose no makeup, no bright color lipstick or pretty dresses. I chose to hide. Pieces at a time. Less trouble that way."

Keys also mentioned the rumors she faced when she became an international superstar, with some even thinking she was gay and tough.

"I remember feeling that same way when I first started to get recognized as an artist. I had the baggy/braided/tough NY tomboy thing mastered, that was who I was (or who I chose to be) and I felt good there," she said.

"Because of the way I spoke or carried myself, people started calling me gay and hard and I wasn't gay, but I was hard and although I felt comfortable there, it made me uncomfortable that people were judging me and so slowly I hid that side of myself. I put on dresses and didn't braid my whole head up, so people could see more of the 'real' me, even though at that point I'm sure I was more confused then ever of what the real me was," Keys added.

Fortunately, Alicia Keys' femininity shined through and the artist decided to embrace her "real" identity and being a woman.

"I don't have to hide anymore, I don't have to pretend and hold back, I don't have to think that my intelligence, beauty and sensuality are intimidating to others," she asserted.

"Just the other day it hit me! OMG! Alicia!!! Why are you choosing to be that person?? That is so old and outdated!! STOP," Keys wrote.

In conclusion to Alicia Keys' femininity post, she said, "I don't have to try to go unnoticed. I don't have to fit in. I don't have to close up my thoughts and only speak my truth through songs." 

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