Hollywood actress apologizes to gay men after saying they’re ‘as misogynistic as straight men’
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| Rose McGowan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Actress Rose McGowan has publicly apologized for some of her comments this week about the goals of the gay community, but is also doubling down on accusations that many gay men are "misogynistic."
Speaking on a podcast earlier this week, McGowan said, "I see now people who have basically fought for the right to stand on top of a float wearing an orange speedo and take molly."
The feminist activist also asked why "I have heard nobody in the gay community, no gay males, standing up for women on any level," and said that gay men are "as misogynistic as straight men, if not more so."
"I think it’s what happens to you as a group when you are starting to get most of what you fought for," she told Brett Easton Ellis on his podcast. "What do you do now? What I would hope they would do is extend a hand to women. Women, by-and-large, have very much helped the gay community get to where they are today," according to Rose.
Pushback was immediate, and McGowan took to Huffington Post for a follow-up to her comments. "I made a dumb generalization, for that I apologize," said McGowan. "For everything else I said, no. I will not."
"Where does it say that because of a man's sexual preference, I don't get to point out character defects?" asked the actress. "When equal pay for women was voted down by every male Republican there was no LGBT outcry. I wondered why that was? After all, lesbians are women, this affects them, too, right?"
"Misogyny infuriates men and it endangers me as a human. It also endangers the LGBT community."
McGowan went on to say that "what I want is for gay rights activists to help other disenfranchised groups. These activists are experts while so many other groups flounder. It's time to share the wealth and knowledge."
"Gay men certainly aren't MORE misogynistic than heteros, but I've met some that have come [darn] close. In some ways it's more damaging, because it's coming from supposedly enlightened people. I do expect more from a group of people that understands discrimination," the actress said.
