Sunday, November 25, 2012

Carla Bruni: A Woman's Place Is in One of Her Homes

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: As a one-time bohemian, lover of rock stars and champagne socialist turned Right-wing presidential consort, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has lived a life far removed from most women’s.

So her entry into the debate about women’s place in society is likely to raise some eyebrows, whether plucked or au naturel.

The 44-year-old, who was France’s first lady for four years until May, has declared: “We don’t need to be feminist in my generation.” Instead she suggests a woman’s place is in the home with her children.

In an interview for the January issue of Vogue magazine, to be published on Dec 1, she develops her views on the women’s liberation movement, adding: “There are pioneers who opened the breach.

“I’m not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I’m a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.’ » | Peter Allen | Sunday, November 25, 2012