For Jessica Chastain, the US media is hushing the Iranian uprising because it is led by women

The US media hasn’t covered the Iranian protests enough because “This revolution is led by women” . This is the belief of the actress Jessica Chastain.

A revolution led by women

On Friday January 3, the star ofInterstellarFromAva or also Great game was a guest on the American show The sight. Jessica Chastain took the opportunity to report the silence of the American media in the face of the Iranian demonstrations.

A silence all the more problematic as, according to the actress, it reveals sexist treatment of information. Invited by the presenter to talk about Iran, the actress underlined the rarity of this request, the Iranian issue was systematically avoided during her interviews, while she regularly expressed a desire to talk about it on the sets :

“And I kept thinking, ‘Why didn’t they want to talk about it? Why isn’t it so prominent in the American media? » And I really believe that’s because it’s a women-led revolution, and we’re not used to seeing that. »

L’importance of “identifying with people who do not look like us »

For Jessica Chastain, the lack of media coverage of the Iranian revolution stems not only from the gender of people on the front lines of the conflict, but also from religious factors. The actress stated it bluntly religion should not influence empathy and identification with a community:

“I also think that Ukraine is a country with a majority Christian. And it’s easier for the American media and for us, in a way, to do that identify us to such. But I think it really is It is important in this world to identify with people who are not like us, who do not believe in the same religions or who are not of the same gender. »

For several months, Jessica Chastain shows its support for the Iranian protesters. She had, for example, sported a T-shirt covered with the name of Mahsa Amini written in red letters.

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