Rock star Bono was honoured as Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year in a landmark awards night, becoming the first man in history to do so.
Bono has been involved in numerous philanthropic works that disproportionately benefit women and the Glamour board felt he should be rewarded for that.
“Men get a lot of awards and aren’t exactly hurting in the celebration and honors department… But it started to seem that that might be an outdated way of looking at things, and there are so many men who really are doing wonderful things for women these days.” Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive, lauding Bono for his ‘Poverty Is Sexist’ Movement.
The U2 lead vocalist accepted his award, acknowledging that it is a tad ridiculous for him as a man to win the award. He also took some time to read mean tweets about himself.
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