Madonna has lamented what she sees as the relatively slow progress of women's rights in a new interview, saying, "Gay rights are way more advanced than women's rights" and "still the most marginalised group".
The singer has produced no end of controversial quotes during the publicity campaign for her latest album, Rebel Heart, and the latest came courtesy of Out Magazine.
When the interviewer brought up Bjork calling out journalists for assuming her album was produced solely by Arca, when in fact, she co-produced every track, Madonna said, "People are always saying, ‘So he’s the producer,’ or ‘Who produced it?’ and I have to say, ‘I did. I co-produced that with Diplo. I co-produced that with Kanye.’ Whatever — everything is a co-production. I’m the one who stays in the studio throughout, from beginning to end — all of these people come and go.”
She went on to suggest, “Gay rights are way more advanced than women’s rights. People are a lot more open-minded to the gay community than they are to women, period... 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 continued, "You’re still categorized — you’re still either a virgin or a whore. If you’re a certain age, you’re not allowed to express your sexuality, be single, or date younger men."
