A French government minister sparked outrage after posing for the cover of Playboy magazine.
Marlene Schiappa, Minister of Social and Solidarity Economywas fully dressed for the shoot, which will grace the cover of the April issue in France.
This fact aroused the ire of both his political opponents and his colleagues.
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne told Schiappa that her decision was “not entirely appropriate, especially in the current period”.
In the last weeks, France has witnessed a series of violent clashes between police and striking workerswho are protesting the pension changes planned by French President Emmanuel Macron.
His proposal would raise the retirement age by two years, to 64.
Borne’s criticism was echoed by Green MP and women’s rights activist Sandrine Rousseau, who questioned the timing.
“Women’s bodies should be able to be exposed anywhere, I don’t have a problem with that, but there is a social contextRousseau told BFM television.
Schiappa’s photos will be accompanied by an interview on the rights of women and homosexuals, as well as abortion.
Schiappa defended his decision to appear in the magazine on Twitter on Saturday.
“Defending the right of women to dispose of their bodies must be done everywhere and all the time. In France, women are free. Too bad despite the retrogrades and hypocrites,” she wrote.
The minister, 40 years old, is a regular guest on talk shows on French television and was a feminist author before embarking on a political career. She has written about the challenges of motherhood, women’s health, and pregnancy.
While serving as Equality Minister in 2018, she introduced legislation banning verbal sexual harassment on the street.
But this is not the first time that it has been involved in a controversy.
In 2010, he wrote a book that provided sexual advice for overweight people, which was perceived by some critics as reinforcing damaging clichés.
And in 2017 she was accused of staging a visit to the so-called “forbidden area for women” in Paris.
what does the magazine say
The editor of the French edition of Playboy, Jean-Christophe Florentin, backed Schiappa’s decision to appear in the magazine, describing her as the most “Playboy-compatible” female politician due to her strong and eloquent support for copyright. women.
She also defended the magazine itself, which has long angered feminists over what some see as the objectification of women’s bodies.
“Playboy is no longer a soft-core magazine, but a smart, trending quarterly ‘mook’ of nearly 300 pages,” he explained.
According to Florentine, the magazine still contains “some naked girls, but it is not the essential part of the pages”.
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BBC-NEWS-SRC: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-65168119, IMPORTING DATE: 2023-04-03 17:20:07
Ben Morris
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