The 'Chosen' star slams the E! reality TV star for saying that the 'hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear.'
- Nov 17, 2015
AceShowbiz - Rose McGowan criticizes Caitlyn Jenner on Facebook through an open letter which was later deleted. The "Chosen" actress slammed the E! star for not understanding what being a woman was all about after the latter said during Glamour's Woman of the Year Awards that the "hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear."
"You want to be a woman and stand with us - well learn us. We are more than deciding what to wear. We are more than the stereotypes foisted upon us by people like you. You're a woman now? Well f**king learn that we have had a VERY different experience than your life of male privilege," McGowan said in her scathing comment.
She continued, "Woman of the year? No, not until you wake up and join the fight. Being a woman comes with a lot of baggage. The weight of unequal history. You'd do well to learn it. You'd do well to wake up. Woman of the year? Not by a long f**king shot."
"Let me amend this by saying I'm happy for what she's doing visibility wise for the trans community, and I'm happy she's living her truth, but comments like hers have consequences for other women," she added. "How we are perceived, what our values are, and leads to more stereotyping. If you know you are going to be speaking to media about being a woman, maybe come to understand our struggles."
Another person who slammed Caitlyn for her acceptance speech was James Smith, the widower of 9/11 hero cop. He returned the Woman of the Year Award posthumously received by his wife who died during rescue mission in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
"When Mr. Jenner said the hardest part about being a woman was figuring out what to wear, he proved to me that he is not truly a woman," he said to BuzzFeed. "I believe this comment and others he has made trivializes the transgender experience as I have witnessed it."
