People Are Mad That Bono, a Man, Won a 'Woman of the Year' Award
Surely the point of a ‘Women of the Year’ awards is that all of the recipients of said awards are, well, women. Apparently that’s not the case, though.
U2 frontman Bono has scored one of Glamour magazine’s coveted awards – leaving people a little confused.
is bono gonna liberate us girls from male white corporate oppression? huh? dont be shy
— laia. (@geometricsleep) November 2, 2016
Bono won "Woman of the Year" and Wonder Woman is a UN ambassador. If only there were real, live, human women to celebrate.
— Melissa Royle (@melissaroyle) November 2, 2016
So proud of my fellow male feminist Bono (from U2) for winning Women Of The Year. Hope someday all of the awards for women are won by men.
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) November 2, 2016
Of course Bono would never let a minor fact of him not being a woman, get in the way of him being praised for being an influential woman
— DarkSkintDostoyevsky (@daniecal) November 2, 2016
The singer was awarded the accolade for his work with the ‘Poverty is Sexist’ initiative, designed to give vulnerable women access to education, food, and clean water. But while no one can dispute he’s doing great work, he’s still not technically qualified biologically speaking. Surely there are plenty of equally deserving women who could have scooped the lauded title?
“I’m sure I don’t deserve it,” Bono said. “But I’m grateful for this award as a chance to say the battle for gender equality can’t be won unless men lead it along with women. We’re largely responsible for the problem, so we have to be involved in the solutions.”
The magazine tweeted that the singer’s win marked the first ever ‘Man of the Year’ award, but that offered little explanation and just seemed to infuriate people even more.
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