As we wait for the sequel to "Maleficent" in which she interprets the mistress of evil, Angelina Jolie tells Elle in a new text that the world needs more wicked women.
Instead of answering press questions in a classic interview, the legendary eraser decided to just share her thoughts for a popular magazine.
"What about the power of wanting a free mind and a body that has been considered so dangerous throughout history?" Is the question by which Jolie begins her text and continues: "Women could be accused of witchcraft for having an independent sex life, because they talk about politics and religion, or dressing differently. If I had lived in earlier times, I could have been burned at the stake multiple times simply for being who I am. "
The actress then looks back at the rigorous conditions that many women still live in today.
"In many countries, seeing a woman in public dancing or singing is illegal. Iranian girls who post dance videos challenge what the law and religious dogma of this country still consider unacceptable to women. Think of the estimated 200 million women and girls today suffered genital mutilation or approximately 650 million women and girls worldwide who married before the age of 18. Thousands of women and girls are killed each year by family members in so-called honor killings, and when thousands of Sudanese women took to the streets of Khartoum this summer in their free elections in their country, orders were given to 'break up girls', leading to a series of alleged rapes perpetrated by the security forces. , we have to ask ourselves - Why does it take so much energy to keep women in a secondary position? ", Jolie writes.
She points out that the world needs more vicious women who are simply tired of injustice and abuse. As he says, if it is pernicious to think that a woman does not give up and refuses to follow the rules and codes and does not want to give up her voice and rights, then we need more vicious women.
"There are no women every morning with a desire to fight. We want to be able to be gentle and nurturing, graceful and loving. Not everyone is born to fight. And we don't have any magical powers. What we have is the ability to support one another and work. with many incredible men who value and respect women as equal to them, ”Jolie emphasized.
We are reminded that the 44-year-old actress is considered one of the great human rights activists, especially women's rights. He also called on NATO last year to join the fight against rape as part of its international campaign to protect women's rights.
"With love to all the wicked women and men who understand them," are the words Jolie ended her story with for Elle.