Brooke Shields on the Role Misogyny Played in the Election: “I perpetuated it”

[@eugeniedelalampe]

Perhaps the question should be: I'm smart, funny, kind, loyal, etc., why do I need to be sexy to be valuable?

[@tinyshepherdess7710]

totally agree... I wish we as women could be enough without having to also be sexy

[@lioraoppenheimer8965]

it sure helped brooke's career!

[@tinyshepherdess7710]

I'm all about female empowerment BUT not for the benefit of the "male gaze". Female empowerment needs to be measured by how it benefits women, not how attractive we are to men. Why do we need to be sexy even after menopause? Especially now as women are beginning to realize their true worth that society has suppressed for millennia. I hope women can eventually rise above this mandate to look attractive for men.

[@MothGirl007]

It's totally okay to want to look beautiful for yourself.

[@tinyshepherdess7710]

@@MothGirl007 I agree, if that's really the reason! We are just so conditioned, myself included, to want to be attractive in a man's world. After the election, it has just hit me a bit harder.

[@nyxthirteen4277]

I love your comment! 🍀

[@HaleyMary]

I love your comment! I think it's totally okay to want to look beautiful for yourself. Whether you choose to wear make-up because it makes you feel good, that's okay and if you prefer the natural look and not wear make-up, that's okay too. While I hate how the media and commercials push us women to wear make-up, I also hate when I hear family members or friends tell me that I don't need make-up. I don't wear mascara or eyeliner, but I love wearing lipstick, lipgloss and eye shadow sometimes because it makes me feel good.

[@RomyHouston-y9v]

@@tinyshepherdess7710. Yes! But every thing else she said is right on! I just appreciate older women who take care of themselves. To me there is nothing more beautiful!

[@TerryBonnell-f6o]

Brooke Shields was one of the most exploited child stars in Hollywood, I'm surprised she survived it and has become the woman she is today.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

Self actualization

[@Orchidaceous1]

Brooke seems like a very authentic and caring person. Good luck to her with this venture!

[@towanda1067]

We all don’t need to feel beautiful and desirable…that’s just chasing after the golden cow. Women are happiest when they can just be themselves…feel loved and respected without having to maintain some sort of external mask of beauty. Give yourself permission to stop wearing makeup, take off the bra, and just sit around with your friends and just BE.

[@christophersandmann]

Consider searching for the light that shines within you. It is more fulfilling.

[@clarkpalace]

Wtf. Go search elsewhere buddy

[@gracehope7]

What’s wrong with searching for the inner light? I think that’s a good thought.

[@jellyrollnorton]

She is so admirable.

[@SLcreativeheart]

Brook is spot on. Yes. Success follows her.

[@Tad-For-Global-Peace]

I’m afraid for our country. The lack of morals in trump and his cabinet will pull this country apart. I remember his first term. I am an ICU nurse who cared for COVID patients. I work in a large hospital and we saw the sickest of the sick. It is so frustrating to me when the severity of the pandemic is completely dismissed. The heath care system was on the brink of collapse and there was a great deal of collateral damage that was suffered by the mishandling of the pandemic by the Trump administration and the disinformation. We had 3 extra units open. The Navy had to come in and help us. When the vaccines were released the ones who died were overwhelmingly unvaccinated. We were being threatened with violence and the care we were providing patients was obstructed by families who did not trust us. Many of the unvaccinated patients we cared for were MAGA anti-vaxxers and their families made our lives hell. We ran out of gowns and masks. We had to reuse N95s for days. I will never forget the day when a respiratory therapist told me we were down to 1 ventilator and the dark laugh we shared wondering what would happen. The amount of nurses who quit working bedside is staggering. Anyone who worked in direct patient care during the COVID pandemic has some level of PTSD. Hospital systems have found that nurses can do more with less, when pressed, and now that is the standard. Trump and MAGA ideology has had a devastating impact on the heath care system and cannot be understated. The lesson I have learned from Trump's win is that if you tell a lie over and over and over and over again, it becomes the truth. That is exactly what he did and it worked.”

[@anandsharma7430]

10:35 the topic in the title

[@oldperson2112]

Thank you

[@aal862]

Thank you!

[@auggiedoggiesmommy1734]

Clickbait

[@kw1690]

Some of these comments….Problem is women don’t support each other…

[@jonnyfendi2003]

Would u support Condi Rice if she ran for president??? Nope. So zip it!!

[@loosilu]

@@jonnyfendi2003 what a strange response.

[@ListenUpDemocracy]

Nope. It was internalized sexism. WW had the chance to do the right thing. They didn't.

[@northpole8634]

I really like her.

[@seanm3226]

“Any quick advice for these women on how to survive the next four years?” W T F !?

[@MichelleInfinity]

Lead by example. We’ve survived for so many years in a patriarchal culture. Know that we will continue. Teach your sons how to respect and honor women and still be integrous masculine men. Teach our daughters to remember who they are, not give their power away, and to search for the good sacred masculine men who have great role models. It will be harder to sift through, but not impossible to do. Become the change we wish to see. ✨🌙🪶

[@CarolynCressette]

Right??? are we fuckin sick of it? The next four years are going to be golden.

[@auggiedoggiesmommy1734]

Just wait until the 19th is on the chopping block. GenZ did not use their voice.

[@danielcarter491]

OMG... all the poor little rich girls. I must feel bad for someone whose life was so much better than mine.

[@loosilu]

She was sexually exploited in front of the world from the age of 10. Is your life worse than that?

[@aal862]

Brookes does not want to alienate her potential buyers. SMH

[@sb3104-b8t]

I'm not sure I agree. Her interviews always seem honest-- at least more sincere than many in her industry. I don't necessarily feel she has figured things out as comprehensively as she thinks she has, but when she made the comment about Gen Z, she was correct. Even though I'm conservative, I'd like to give her the benefit of the doubt, because our side has also been guilty of cynicism.

[@margagomezcomedy]

This lunch needs martinis

[@mitrapatterson6568]

🧐 it’s called LISTENING

[@eottoe2001]

10:20

[@Oneda_Perry]

🤩 wow beautiful hair ❤

[@brubakertx]

She's weird! 😮

[@waynedurning8717]

How do we take you seriously when you think the result of the election is such a threat to you?

[@loosilu]

The election is a severe threat to all women.

[@nilousettimio8730]

Please shut up… she was not qualified. She could not answer one question. Just stop!

[@Jax52reg]

Stop the bullying!

[@JohnDoe-jt5lb]

What are these people talking about? Your sexual market value plummets after you can't produce healthy babies anymore. For biological reasons. Just like you guys don't find short, unambitious broke men sexy. It's not misandry, just like whatever she is trying to talk about isn't misogyny.

[@maurawhelan3530]

These ppl? Hmmm

[@seanm3226]

@@maurawhelan3530 Yes, “these people”.

[@RadCenter]

So the only reason men have sex is to procreate? Interesting. I assume internet and phone porn services have gone out of business then.

[@5DNRG]

@@seanm3226 only an unevolved child's nuance. men need to stay away from the female intellect.

[@nocturnal03]

men are so weird lmao (another reason you have no value)

[@caMOTHg157]

Talk about plastic surgery and fillers and botox.