With the recent release of Beyoncé’s very emotional visual album “Lemonade,” social media has gone insane dissecting into the various themes of every song and video. Viewers have taken apart Beyoncé’s work to apply it’s themes to different cultural and societal issues, as she has addresses feelings of pain throughout the album. One of the most discussed subjects of Lemonade is the Carter’s marriage, as this album suggest that Jay Z hasn’t been entirely faithful. Prior to the release of Bey’s album, entertainment news sources have speculated that Jay Z has been cheating on Beyoncé for a while. Additionally, rumors increased after the elevator incident in 2014 where Jay Z was physically attacked by Bey’s sister Solange Knowles.

The takeaway phrase from Lemonade easily became “Becky with the good hair.” The term Becky is occasionally used to reference white women, and I’m assuming the term gained popularity from the song “Baby Got Back.” Beyoncé fans became immediately concerned after infidelity was addressed in her album, so much so, that many of them began to take matters into their own hands. This started the war against Becky.

So who is Becky?

Various sources suggest that the unnamed woman is fashion designer Rachel Roy, a close friend of Jay Z. In the past couple of days, the internet has mistakenly confused Roy with chef and TV personality Rachael Ray. Others included on the “Who’s Becky?” list include Rita Ora, Rihanna, and other celebrities that have a connection with Jay Z.

With the growing interest of discovering who Becky is, fans of Beyoncé escalated the situation by repeatedly harassing the accused women on social media. Thousands of bee and lemon emojis can be seen under every picture posted onto the accused women’s Instagram profiles. Additionally, angry fans are leaving vulgar comments under the women’s photos essentially attempting to slut-shame them and to cuss them out. Meanwhile, poor Rachael Ray is being dragged into the drama simply because fans are too hostile to acknowledge that she is not Rachel Roy. Many of the accused women have spoken out to inform audiences that they’re not Becky. Interestingly, the harassment hasn’t seemed to slow down.

This makes me question why our culture tends to blame the “other woman” for cheating. Or why we’re even labeling the Beckys in question as the “other woman,” when there is no solid evidence of any of them being involved.

Cheating is horrible, and being a victim of infidelity is a painful experience that requires a lot of time to recover from. But the “other person” is typically not to blame. The blame should fall on your partner who should have remained committed. When it comes to cheating, our culture tends to be more hurtful towards the women involved.

Obviously, anyone living in 2016 will associate Jay Z with Beyoncé. So in this particular situation, Becky with the good hair was most likely well aware that Jay Z is a married man. But that does not make her a target for being bullied.

As a Beyoncé enthusiast, I love her new work. I think that this year she has released some songs that have major significance during a time where many American’s are underrepresented. As phenomenal as I believe she is, I would never let that initiate hurtful comments to other women.