“Pretend to pose in ‘Playboy’ will advance women’s freedom, I seriously doubt it. His, maybe. That of others, no. » In a vitriolic interview granted au Figaro put online on Wednesday April 5, the Minister responsible for equality between women and men, Isabelle Rome, strongly criticized the choice of her colleague Marlène Schiappa to appear in the magazine Playboy.
“I wonder: why did you choose “Playboy” to advance women’s rights when this magazine is a compendium of all sexist stereotypes? We are right in the culture of the woman-object”deplores in particular Isabelle Rome.
Currently responsible for the social and solidarity economy and Secretary of State for gender equality under the previous five-year term, Marlène Schiappa gave an interview to the number of Playboy to be published on Thursday, posing in “one” of the charming magazine, dressed in a long white dress. Throughout the pages, wearing a cockade or a French flag, she poses in several outfits – including a tight dress from the Maison Close brand.
In this interview, Mr.me Schiappa defends the right of women to “exactly what they want”. “If they want to dress as nuns and never meet men, that’s their choice, and we have to support them. If they feel like posing naked in a magazine too. Even if as far as I’m concerned I’ll be dressed”affirms the Secretary of State, who claims to“to be cash”.
An interview “not at all appropriate”
The announced publication of this interview last week sparked a volley of criticism against Mme Schiappa, including from the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, who judged this initiative “not at all appropriate, all the more so in the current period”.
Isabelle Rome believes, for her part, on Wednesday that “When you are a minister, you must have a sense of responsibility”. “Defending women’s rights in ‘Playboy’ would be like fighting anti-Semitism by giving an interview to ‘Rivarol'”a far-right weekly, is still attacking the Secretary of State.
“I recall that its founder, Hugh Hefner, was prosecuted for sexual assault. At some point, you have to choose your supports”adds M.me Rome, lamenting that this episode makes a “huge publicity” To Playboya magazine that will only be ” Never “ the ally of women according to her.