Women in politics They still see each other carrying out their duties Prejudices and structural sexism confronted – far more often than their male colleagues.
The former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, for example, describes sexist attacks on the female members of her government at the time in her memoirs.
“Seriously now?”
Now it has to happen too Mette Frederiksenthe Danish head of government Comments on her appearance thrash around. According to her, the trigger was a message from a man who introduced himself on social media as a plastic surgeon and offered a “correction to her nose”.
Frederiksen posted a screenshot of the message in question on her Instagram account, but blacked out the sender’s name. The text of the message to her read: “Hey Mette, should we touch up that little spot on your nose?”
The 48-year-old responded in the post by saying: “Me don’t need a male plastic surgeonwhich comments on my body.”
She had just returned from Kyiv, reports Frederiksen. “The last thing I heard was the air raid siren.” And then the first thing she read afterwards was this message. “Seriously now?” she asks Prime Minister of Denmark.
Mette Frederiksen: “I’m happy with my body”
She continues to write on Instagram: “I have long since lost count of how many Messages about my appearance I have received over the years.” Among other things, she mentioned comments about “ugly teeth,” “thinning hair,” and “recommendations” for Botox.
Frederiksen, who died Denmark has ruled for seven years, emphasizes: “I am completely satisfied with my body – the way it is when you are a woman approaching 50.” On the She responds to the plastic surgeon’s “offer” with a clear “No, thank you.” added: “If you want to write to me (and you’re welcome to do so), I hope you’ll use your time to about something more meaningful to speak. Not through my nose.”
The Prime Minister also said that the unsolicited beauty tips and suggestions had left her “outraged”. But instead of grieving about it, she sends “an especially loving thought to everyone who has to come to terms with the ‘perfect imperfections’ that we all walk around with every day.”
Do male politicians also receive so many messages about their “physical imperfections”? Probably not.