Like Oscar-Winning Actress Patricia Arquette, Madonna Thinks Gay Rights 'Way More Advanced Than Women's Rights'

Like Patricia Arquette, Madonna believes a lot should still be done to ensure women rights. She pointed out that “gay rights are way more advanced that women’s rights.”

In an interview with the April issue of OUT magazine, the legendary pop star that being a woman can be said to be much tougher than being gay these days. She said in general, people are a lot more accepting of gay people and their nuances than women and their nuances. She said women up to now are discriminated at and judged. Women also have to deal with being put into boxes. “It’s moved along for the gay community, for the African-American community, but women are still just trading on their ass. To me, the last great frontier is women,” she said.

Madonna said women have to deal with societal pressure to act a certain way or else be categorised into a specific label. If a girl is not a “virgin,” she would be called a “whore.” Women are called to act a certain way or else.

Madonna’s opinion echoes that of Patricia Arquette’s. Patricia who won her “Best Supporting Actress” award at the Oscars 2015, used her moment to call for the ensuring of women’s rights, especially in equal pay and wages. After her speech and speaking backstage at the ceremony, Patricia called for other minority groups to join in the fight for gender equality. She said that although it seems as if there is gender equality in America, there are still many huge issues that women have to deal with. As such, it is time that “all the men that love women, and all the gay people, and all the people of colour” that women fight for in the past to fight for women now. Her strong comment, however, caught some backlash.

Some said she should not have acted as if other minority groups of LGBT and people of colour already have equal rights. Some said in the process of calling for gender equality between men and women, she turned a blind eye to the plight of the LGBT communities and racial minorities, who up to now are still suffering from a lot of prejudices, even if like women, some positive changes and progress had already taken place to recognize and protect their rights.

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