Dame Shirley Bassey says women shouldn’t have ‘men’s jobs’: ‘We have periods’
By Nick Bond
Dame Shirley Bassey has surprised fans today with some rather archaic views about women, the Daily Mail reports.
The 78-year-old Goldfinger singer says women shouldn’t have ‘men’s jobs’, due to their ‘periods and hormones.’
‘Women in my industry aren’t empowered. Never have been, never will be,” Bassey told the Mail.
“Think about the modern man. The gene goes so deep, it goes right back to the caveman days: man must have control. Women should not change it, because we’ve tried and we’ve emasculated men. It’s dangerous to mess with science.”
Just wait – it gets better.
“There’s a reason why men are here. If I was flying with a female pilot, for instance, I’d be very worried. Women have periods and hormones, and that bothers me about women who want men’s jobs. Like firefighters, police, soldiers . . . I don’t believe in women soldiers! Come on, women should be women. We should be feminine.
“I’m not sad about it. We should accept it. It’s worked this way for a long time. Men went out and brought home the bacon. Women are now going a step too far, trying to be cleverer than men — or as clever.
“Now, the man becomes the house-husband and it’s wrong. It shouldn’t be that way.”
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