Meghan Markle returned with a new episode of her Spotify podcast, “Archetypes,” on Tuesday to discuss how women can often be vilified when expressing their sexuality while men can do the same and be celebrated for it. The Duchess of Sussex believes that even when a woman is well into her 50s, a remark about her being “sl** in college” will stick with her for practically a lifetime.
Meghan explained that as women begin to mature from their early adult years, most tend to explore their sexuality and the feminine divine. But in doing so, they are targeted with derogatory terms that could easily make that person feel bad for finding confidence in their newfound sexual desires. “It can be very much used against you, and I give the example of, you know, for a woman especially versus a man, a man, if he is a player or out having fun or whatever he’s doing, it’s often celebrated, even heralded,” she said.
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“But for a woman, I don’t care if she is perhaps the most successful woman in finance in her mid-50s. I promise you someone will still go, ‘yeah, but she was such a slut in college.’ It will stick with her. She concluded by trying to find a reason why there’s such a contrast between how a man is allowed to express his sexuality while a woman can’t do the same without being scrutinized for it.
She goes on to have a chat with author Candace Bushnell, who shared her thoughts on the topic, saying that women were always told they can only sleep with one person for their entire life. If a woman decides to sleep with multiple women, she would find herself being looked down upon by men.
But Candace then asked what would be the definition of a woman’s sexuality if it’s dependent on the aspect of a male figure.
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“Like, what if women had their own money and they had their own power, what does their sexuality look like?” she added.
“It looks a lot like Samantha Jones, you know, being single in New York in the ’90s. And having a lot of women friends who were single and we’re not dependent on a man for whatever reason, you know, there was a lot of sex going on.