Meghan Markle has never hidden her position as a feminist and her determination to defend the cause of women. That’s exactly what she did in the last issue ofArchetypes, his podcast broadcast on the Spotify platform. For this new novel, the Duchess of Sussex deals with a very particular subject: that of the place of women in the series and the countless number of times women are portrayed as crazy. This treatment via fiction unfortunately had consequences on reality. What Meghan Markle deplores.
The mum of Archie and Lilibet, 3 and 1, regrets that the terms of “crazy woman” and “hysterical“are widely used to describe women on a daily basis. Everyone has the right to go through complicated periods without automatically being considered “disturbs.” At least the men since any woman who is a little fragile will be directly qualified as such according to her. Meghan Markle knows it well since she has experienced it herself.
Faced with the many attacks on her subject read in the press, a consequence of shortcuts and misinterpretations, Meghan Markle, just misunderstood and not really in her place, ended up sinking. Dropped by the British royal family, to whom she had nevertheless asked for help, the Duchess of Sussex, on whom the world was hounding, was won over by dark thoughts. This is where Prince Harry stepped in to save his wife by finding her a therapist to help her. A saving encounter that not everyone could have.
Becoming the target of relentless harsh criticism leads some women to commit the worst. If Meghan Markle fortunately escaped such an act, actress Constance Wu has been there. For remarks badly received on the Web, the star of Crazy Rich Asians was the subject of a massive campaign of denigration and violence that ended up making him mope: “I started to feel like I didn’t even deserve to live anymore. That I was a disgrace to AsianAmericans, and that they would be better off without me. Fortunately, a friend found me and took me to the emergency room immediately.“
Far from wanting to make women feel guilty, Meghan Markle sent an essential message: the slightest discomfort must be shared, no matter what people say about you. Burying it is anything but a solution and risks aggravating the situation: “It takes a long time to see things more clearly. […] The craziest thing in the world would be to keep it all inside” she indicated, also mentioning that crying was not “a shame.” Words that will undoubtedly save more than one!