The clamor for gender equality has been reaching areas that have not been given attention before. Recently, it appears that what has been considered as exclusive for women are also covered by the principle. Glamour magazine has just named U2 frontman Bono on its annual Women of the Year list and its readers have not been too happy about that.
Glamour Awards 2016: Bono Is First Male To Join List Of Winners
BBC reports that Bono was the first male person to be included in the list because of his efforts in campaigning for women's rights, even though he is not a woman. The well revered singer says that he was certain that he did not deserve it, but the battle for gender equality cannot be conquered and won unless men will lead it along with women.
He appears on a list with some female achievers in many respective fields including Zendaya, Gwen Stefani and Olympic luminary Simon Biles. Bono also says that he feels very thankful to be honoured in such a way.
Bono added that men are largely responsible for the problem so they have to be as largely involved in the solution. While this could be a step ahead for a sensitive issue, the magazine's decision has received tons of backlash across many different social media sites.
Glamour Awards 2016: Bono Award Receives Negative Feedback From Some Groups
An article in The Guardian says that when the writer came across the headline that Bono was named as one of Glamour's women of the year, she wondered if it was a prank but it was real. Bono has been officially crowned as the first male in Glamour's women of the year and while it is a small detail in these days of gender fluidity, it is still quite disturbing.
Bono has been given awards of all sorts; from being declared a knight of the British Empire, to a Philadelphia liberty medal because of his bold campaign for a lot of good causes. While no one would give a doubt about how he has been a staunch warrior for humane causes, having him awarded an award that has been thought as for women only has certainly raised some eyebrows.
Glamour's editor-in-chief Cindi Leive even said that naming women exclusively as women of the year could be an outdated way of looking at things as there are men who are doing wonderful things for women, too. What do you think about Glamour's decision to crown Bono as one of the Women of the Year awardees? Sound off in the comments below!
