Musician Lenny Kravitz is being honored for saying something remarkably sexist in an interview. “I personally think women should be running the world...I believe women are so much more sensible, have so much better intuition, and ultimately are stronger.”
Glamour.com raved: “And our favourite celebrity of the day is... Lenny Kravitz! Why? Because he recognises how wonderful us women are. That's right - Lenny Kravitz thinks women should be running the world because they are stronger and more sensible than men.”
This could be known as “pulling a Ted Turner.” But like Ted, this is something Kravitz can say without really acknowledging his failure to have a successful marriage or relationship with a woman.The interview was with FLATT, an art magazine:
CHRISTINA LESSI, FLATT: You, as a self-professed lover of women, and I don’t mean that in a sexual way….women’s issues are at the forefront, but it’s just an impossible struggle. I’ve been reading Jimmy Carter’s book Call to Action and it’s all about women and religion and power. I was just wondering if you had any thoughts on that subject.
LENNY KRAVITZ: I personally think women should be running the world. I know that’s such a funny, easy thing to say. My first experience with women would be my grandmother, my mother and my aunt. They were the women that raised me. At an early age, I understood it in my spirit the strength of women, the loyalty of women, the fact that women do whatever they need to do to take care of their families or loved ones. Women’s dedication, hard work, honor. These women were the rocks of my life, the pillars of my life. Without these women, life for our families would not be what they are.
I believe women are so much more sensible, have so much better intuition, and ultimately are stronger. For me, I’ve always gotten along better with women. I’ve always related to them better. I’m glad that that feminine side is a big part of my upbringing. To answer our question, I think that there should be a lot better representation by women in the running of this planet in so many ways.
Earlier in the interview, Kravitz said he chose to leave home at 15 and lived out of a car. So how does that match with the wonderful women who raised him? No question followed. Then Kravitz sounded like Stevie Wonder prattling on at a Grammy Awards ceremony in the 1970s:
LESSA: So how do we do this? What do we do? These girls are still missing in Africa. Even women here in this country are still so oppressed through various labor practices such as unequal pay scale and religion. I guess that’s the greater conversation. How do we step up to the plate now?
KRAVITZ: I would say it’s the same steps that we’ve all taken, you know, whether it be African Americans, or whom or what. Unfortunately those steps are steps, so anything in steps is going to take time. Even the fact that Obama is President, forget the politics right now, just the fact that that man with his color skin is President. How long that took, how much we’re still dealing with it, how far we have left to go, and it’s like, you know, that cause and those steps have been going on for a long time. The women’s cause is going to take time. There are so many brilliant women and people. So many brilliant souls that would help this world be such a better place.
Before this outbreak of male-bashing sexism, these two have a gushy discussion about how glorious that radical singer Harry Belafonte still is.
KRAVITZ: He was amazing. I got the opportunity to hang out with him a bit.
LESSA: Isn’t he fantastic?
KRAVITZ: He’s beyond.
LESSA: He said, “Artists are the gatekeepers of truth, and they inspire us, and they keep history.”
Yeah, They're gatekeepers of truth....like Lena Dunham. Should she run the world?
