In defence of Martha Stewart: Women have much higher to climb than men, but we also have much further to fall.
Women have much higher to climb than men, but we also have much further to fallLike many others, I watched the Martha Stewart documentary on Netflix this weekend and to be completely honest, I did not go in with high expectations.
Filled with cutting quips from the home-maker extraordinaire, the documentary was a true warts-and-all look into the lifestyle mogul, however what I took away wasn’t her deadpan humour or astonishment at her success, it was a frustration at how differently we profile female celebrities versus their male counterpart.Quotes were read out throughout the show slamming Stewart as difficult, ruthless, mean, savage – the list is endless.
I can’t think of a man who’s known for being a bitch and I can think of two reasons why – firstly, there is simply no direct male equivalent of a bitch, which is mind blowing in itself, and secondly, male personalities are simply not discussed at the same rate women’s are. Stewart, who started her career as a model, also did all this while looking beautiful. “Perfectly perfect” summed her up. Until it didn’t. And then the wolves descended.
Back in the early ’00s Jessica Simpson went from being pop culture’s darling to public humiliation when she was photographed looking slightly heavier than usual. Sinead O’Connor went from performing at the Grammys to public exile when she spoke up about the Catholic Church’s child abuse scandals. Of course, it goes without saying that employers should be polite to their employees, but I have never heard of any successful man who was more famous for his demeanour as a manager than his work.
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