Pop icon Madonna has described herself as \u201coppressed,\u201d saying she was tired of a gender double-standard over her relationships with younger men.<\/p>\n
The 58-year-old singer said in an interview published Tuesday that she has endured criticism throughout her entire career despite her professional success.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always felt oppressed,\u201d she told Harper\u2019s Bazaar magazine.
\n\u201cA large part of that is because I\u2019m female and also because I refuse to live a conventional life. I\u2019ve created a very unconventional family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have lovers who are three decades younger than me. This makes people very uncomfortable. I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Madonna has been linked romantically to a number of men in their 20s, most recently Ivorian model Aboubakar Soumahoro and earlier French choreographer Brahim Zaibat and Dutch dancer Timor Steffens.<\/p>\n
The Material Girl \u2014 who has four children and has been married twice \u2014 also said she faced sexism in that she is often asked why she remains active as an artist.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid somebody go to Pablo Picasso and say, \u2018Okay, you\u2019re 80 years old. Haven\u2019t you painted enough paintings?\u2019 No. I\u2019m so tired of that question.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madonna, who last year completed a global tour for her latest album \u201cRebel Heart,\u201d will soon be directing a movie, \u201cLoved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madonna wrote the screenplay for the film, an adaptation of Andrew Sean Greer\u2019s novel \u201cThe Impossible Lives of Greta Wells\u201d about a woman who is transported to different eras as part of psychiatric treatment for depression.<\/p>\n
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Source: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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