Jennifer
Aniston has hit out at the "absurd and disturbing" scrutiny of women
as she once again finds herself having to deny reports she is pregnant.
The 47-year-old actress has
written a lengthy essay criticising tabloids for the way she is portrayed in
the media, calling it a "sporting event of speculation".
"For
the record, I am not pregnant. What I am is fed up," Aniston wrote in an
essay published by the Huffington Post.
"I'm fed up with the
sport-like scrutiny and body shaming that occurs daily under the guise of
'journalism', the 'First Amendment' and 'celebrity news'.
"The objectification and
scrutiny we put women through is absurd and disturbing. The way I am portrayed
by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in
general, measured against some warped standard of beauty."
The Friends star said young girls
were absorbing "toxic messages buried within these seemingly harmless
stories".
"We use celebrity 'news' to
perpetuate this dehumanising view of females, focused solely on one's physical
appearance, which tabloids turn into a sporting event of
speculation," she wrote.
Aniston said she and her husband
Justin Theroux were harassed every day by "dozens of aggressive
photographers" who went to "shocking lengths to obtain any kind
of photo".
The latest reports about her personal
life had come at a time of "mass shootings, wildfires, major decisions by
the Supreme Court, an upcoming election, and any number of more newsworthy
issues that 'journalists' could dedicate their resources towards", she
added.
"I resent being made to feel
'less than' because my body is changing and/or I had a burger for lunch and was
photographed from a weird angle and therefore deemed one of two things:
'pregnant' or 'fat'," she wrote.
"Not to mention the painful
awkwardness that comes with being congratulated by friends, co-workers and
strangers alike on one's fictional pregnancy (often a dozen times in a
single day)."
Aniston said she had experienced
"stalking and objectification" for "going on decades now"
and the latest pregnancy rumours showed her "how much we define a
woman's value based on her marital and maternal status".
She added that she may become a
mother in the future but she believed "we are complete with or without a
mate, with or without a child".
"We don't need to be married
or mothers to be complete," Aniston wrote.
"We get to determine our own
'happily ever after' for ourselves. I have grown tired of being part of
this narrative."
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