The woman who wrote “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” doesn’t want to be called a feminist. And honestly, the way she explained it makes perfect sense.
In an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine published Saturday, Shania Twain opened up about why she doesn’t use the label, even though she’s been called one for nearly three decades.
“I don’t see myself as a feminist,” Twain said. “I see myself as a very independent thinker and not necessarily because I’m a woman.”
She wasn’t done.
“I just feel that I’m strong as a person. It’s like saying, ‘You look great for your age.’ I’m not strong for a woman. I’m not independent for a woman. I’m not self-sufficient for a woman. I just am a woman.”
That comparison to “you look great for your age” is the part that sticks. She doesn’t want a qualifier in front of her strength. She just wants to be strong, full stop. No asterisk, no category.
Shania Twain Said Vulnerable Men Deserve Protection Too
Twain then extended the same logic to men, and this is where most outlets stopped quoting her.
“And this falls on boys too. It’s like, ‘Oh, the boy needs less protection than the girl because he’s a boy.’ That is so not true, and it’s not fair. Vulnerable men need just as much protection as vulnerable women.”