'I Knew You Were Trouble' beauty Taylor Swift has revealed that she believes the negativity she attracts comes her way purely because of her sex. 

In a new interview with Glamour magazine, the songstress explained that the public seem to respond well to a troubled woman so every time there's a story about her in the press she notices that there's some kind of unpleasant turn within it that paints her in either a bad or pathetic light:

"If you reach a point in your career where things are going very well, public perception needs a 'Yeah, but...' Like, 'Yeah, but she's been on a lotta (lot of) dates apparently'. 'Yeah, but I hear she's crazy'."

"I think you'll find it has a lot to do with being a woman. And I resent that. That there has to be some downside to your personality or lifestyle if you're a woman and you're successful."

In the same interview, as Pressparty recently reported, Swift added that she refuses to read articles about herself because some of the content can be very troubling: "I distance myself, because I feel everything. The little I am exposed to hurts my feelings. The only things I can really control are my songs and my behaviour. The rest? If I focused on it that would lead to insanity." 

Watch footage of Swift performing alongside Luke Bryan during a date on her 'Red' tour below: