French minister Marlene Schiappa to appear on Playboy front cover
msn.comMarlene Schiappa will be on the cover of the French edition of the magazine fully clothed and has given an interview to the publication on women’s rights and LGBTQ+ issues.
Ms Shiappa, who is the current minister for the social economy and French associations, has long campaigned for gender equality and spearheaded a French law banning cat-calling and the harassment of women.
Her decision has prompted criticism from politicians in France as the country is rocked by widespread unrest at president Emmanual Macron’s reforms to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Green MP Sandrine Rousseau told TV channel BFM: “Where is the respect for the French people?“People who are going to have to work for two years more, who are demonstrating, who are losing days of salary, who aren’t managing to eat because of inflation. “Women’s bodies should be able to be exposed anywhere, I don’t have a problem with that, but there’s a social context. ”French prime minister Elisabeth Born has also reportedly told Ms Schiappa that the cover is “not at all appropriate”.
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