After posing in Playboy, Marlène Schiappa was strongly criticized by some of her colleagues. The minister reportedly sent an angry text message to a secretary of state.
The atmosphere is electric within the government … After the passage of the pension reform controversy, the members of the executive had another reason to take care. By agreeing to make the front page of Playboy, Marlène Schiappa has indeed alienated several of her colleagues, as reported by Le Canard Enchaîné this Wednesday, April 19. Starting with Isabelle Rome. In the columns of Le Figaro, the minister responsible for equality between women and men had criticized the choice of Marlène SchiappaA “condensed of all sexist stereotypes”. “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”, regretted Isabelle Rome, for whom “When one is a minister, one must have a sense of responsibility”.
“To claim that posing in Playboy will advance women’s freedom, I seriously doubt it. Her own, maybe. Others’, no”continued the Secretary of State to Le Figaro, adding that for her, “defending women’s rights in Playboy would be tantamount to fighting anti-Semitism by granting an interview to Rivarol” : “I remind you that its founder, Hugh Hefner, was prosecuted for sexual assault. At some point, you have to choose your media.” Visibly annoyed to be thus criticized by her colleague, Marlène Schiappa would have sent her a vitriolic SMS according to the palmipede. “Not having notoriety is not a big deal in politics. Not having concrete action, already more. Have no guts, even more, would have written the minister to Isabelle Rome. You’re just a second-hand handbag. Find the courage to call me back instead of talking behind my back.”
Marlène Schiappa: “in France, women are free”
After the announcement of her collaboration with Playboy, Marlène Schiappa defended herself. “Defending the right of women to dispose of their bodies is everywhere and all the time. In France, women are free. No offense to retrogrades and hypocrites”wrote the minister on her Twitter account. If she was strongly criticized, she in any case allowed the charming magazine to break all records. According to Jean-Christophe Florentin, the publishing director of Playboy, 100,000 copies were sold in just three hours. Faced with this unexpected success, more than 60,000 issues will be printed and put on sale this Thursday, April 20.