A scandalous French Secretary of State: Marlène Schiappa, cover of ‘Playboy’ with the French flag

Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State for Social and Solidarity Economy, will be the protagonist of the new cover of Playboy. The young Parisian politician will appear slightly dressed and next to her in the French flag, which has not prevented the controversy in her country in relation to the media chosen to give an interview and appear on her cover. Playboy It is the traditional magazine header in which half-naked women usually appear.

The young Parisian, however, understands that women have every right to do whatever they want with their bodies and has thus defended her decision through her social networks. Marlène has sent a very clear message to the “hypocrites”: “In France, women are free.”

French politics has also shared the statements of other colleagues who support her in her decision, such as the country’s Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin, who has said on television “you won’t make me say anything bad about Marlène Schiappa (…) being a liberated woman is not that easy”.

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It is not possible to imagine what it would mean in Spain if you minister as Ione Herb o Irene Monteroor the Secretary of State for Equality Angela Rodríguez “Pam” will star in a similar report in this particular headline, in which the female image is presented in a way that has not always been understood precisely as an act of freedom.

The interview will deal with various current and important issues, from those related to women’s freedom, feminism and sexist violence, to politics itself, ecology and climate change, and literature, for example. The publication will be in the kiosks next Saturday, April 5, it will incorporate several photographs and will occupy 12 pages of the magazine.

Has been The Parisian the medium that has exclusively advanced this intervention by the first French woman dedicated to politics that appears on a cover of the popular and peculiar Playboy. Schiappa describes herself through social networks as a feminist, mother and writer. She is the author of the book The club of imperfect mothersin which she talks about women’s reconciliation between work and family life.

As a politician, she has been holding relevant positions for six years, and has been Secretary of State for Equality during the first term of Emmanuel Macronfrom 2017 to 2020, and Delegate Minister for Citizenship from 2020 to 2022.