Salma Hayek Says Women Are More Demanding Than Men
There is so much pressure to stay young these days. Women are often submitting themselves through painful diets and procedures just so they could look young, so it’s always good when you hear of women accepting aging gracefully. Salma Hayek turned 50 this year and she opens up about the pressures of staying young in Hollywood, as well as how women demand so much of themselves.
Salma Hayek on Aging
“I will sometimes say, ‘I am 50 years old! Why do I have to look good? I already got my guy!'” says Hayek to The Edit. The Mexican actress married her husband, François-Henri Pinault in 2009 and has a 9-year-old daughter with him.
“The worst part of the aging process has been my eyes. Not the wrinkles — the eyes themselves,” she reveals. “I’m such a visual person and [now] I cannot read without depending on glasses … It has been really, really sad. The eyes, for me, that’s worse than the menopause.”
Salma’s curvy figure
“I’m not going to lie to you, I would like the curve to go in instead of out in some places, but I love a little curve,” she adds of her curvaceous figure. “I love the word ‘curvy.’ It’s artistic. A straight line can be boring.” She’s always had an enviable body with the right curves in all the right places, which we’re sure, takes some hard work and dedication.
She does say that she’s better with exercise and food, but she’s not where she would like to be, especially now that she’s older, she feels like she still doesn’t have the discipline.
Hayek always seems to be in a good mood because who wouldn’t living in Paris, but like everyone else, she has her bad days… “When I’m unhappy, sometimes I become a b***h,” she jokes. “Sometimes I drink a beer. It works. Sometimes I take a bath. … Another thing that helps is music. I like all kinds. I also meditate. I breathe. But first, I become a b***h.”
Why Are Women So Demanding?
She has a special message to women: “You are more than enough.” Hayek admits that women are a lot more demanding of themselves than men. “Women work harder than men and are more demanding of themselves, yet they have the sensation they don’t do enough, and therefore they are less daring about asking for a better position or salary. Men do a lot less, they are less demanding on themselves and their standards are lower, yet they feel entitled to ask for a raise or a promotion,” says the actress.