Elisabetta Franchi: "Only women over 40 in important roles: they have already had children and work 24 hours a day"

Women in top positions , yes, but only over forty .

The controversy arose over an intervention by the stylist Elisabetta Franchi , 53, during the event “Women and Fashion: the 2022 barometer, organized by PwC Italia and Il Foglio”.

“I speak from the side of the entrepreneur - was his reasoning -. When you put a woman in an important position, if she is very important then that position cannot remain uncovered for motherhood for two years. An entrepreneur invests time, energy and money. And if you miss it, it's a problem ”.

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For this reason "I, as an entrepreneur, have focused on men ". Today, he specifies, “I have worn women, but they are 'anta'. They are grown up girls. If they were supposed to get married, they already did. If they were supposed to have children, they have already done so. If they had to separate, they did that too. I take them that they have made all the halfway points . They are calm with me by my side, and they work 24 hours a day ".

And she continues: “Although I am very emancipated, I believe that we women have a duty , which is in our DNA and we must not deny it: we make children. It is a great responsibility ”.

When it is pointed out that she had two children and still managed to run her own company, she did not reply directly.

"FRAINTESA" - Various criticisms of users of the video circulating on the web, but she herself intervenes in the evening saying that she has been " misunderstood ".

“My company”, he explains, spreading out the numbers, “today is an almost completely female reality. The subject under discussion at the event I attended is Price's research entitled - Women and Fashion - which revealed that women do not hold important positions in today's society. Because? Unfortunately, unlike other countries, it emerged that , lacking the structures and aid, women are faced with a choice between family and career. As I pointed out, having a family is a sacrosanct right. Anyone who manages to reconcile family and career is in any case subjected to enormous sacrifices, exactly like those I had to make ".