The Duchess of Sussex is concerned that women are being ‘vilified’ and slut-shamed for exploring their sexuality

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is concerned that women are “vilified” and shamed for exploring their sexuality.

The mother-of-two also revealed on the latest episode of her “Archetypes” podcast, which debuted on Spotify on Tuesday, that she believes men are frequently praised for the same thing and can be “heralded” for being a “player.”

She stated, “I don’t understand what it is about the stigma surrounding women and their sexuality and the exploration of their sexuality that is so much more vilified than for a man.

“As you’re getting older, you’re exploring and starting to understand your sensuality, your feminine divine. Your sexuality, often times, it can be very much used against you.

“A man, if he is a player, out having fun or whatever he’s doing, it’s often celebrated. Even heralded.

“But for a woman, I don’t care if she’s perhaps the most successful woman in finance in her mid-fifties, I promise you, someone will still go, ‘But she was such a slut in college.’”

The 41-year-old, who has a 3-year-old son, Archie, and a 17-month-old daughter, Lilibet, with her husband, the Duke of Sussex, said the concept of a woman’s sexual journey will “stick with her” like glue.

She has used her podcast to describe how she felt she was reduced to the status of a “bimbo” while working as a “briefcase girl” on the game show “Deal or No Deal.”

The duchess said in the episode aired in October: “I ended up quitting the show. I was so much more than what was being objectified on the stage.

“I didn’t like feeling forced to be all looks and little substance, and that’s how it felt for me at the time being reduced to this specific archetype: the word ‘bimbo’.

“I was grateful for the job, but not about how it made me feel, which was not smart. By the way, I was surrounded by smart women … but that wasn’t the focus.”

“The View” panellist Whoopi Goldberg, 67, criticised her remarks, saying the duchess should not judge anyone trying to break into show business, adding, “When you’re a performer, you take the gig. Sometimes, you’re in a Bozo suit, sometimes you got a big nose, and this is just the way it is.”

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