Jackie Collins: Jackie Collins Talks Lady Boss & The Power of Women

"In this rare television interview from the early 1990s, Jackie Collins discusses her smash-hit novel Lady Boss, the latest installment in her beloved Santangelo series. With her signature wit, charm, and Hollywood sparkle, Jackie opens up about creating powerful female characters, the inspiration behind Lucky Santangelo, and why she believed women could — and should — rule their own worlds.

Blending glamour, humor, and fearless honesty, Jackie Collins reminds viewers exactly why she became one of the world’s best-selling authors and an enduring voice for female confidence and independence.

Bold. Brilliant. Unapologetically Jackie."

Source:Jackie Collins & Oprah Winfrey in 1990.

From Jackie Collins

I'll get to what Jackie Collins was talking about with Oprah Winfrey back in 1990, (which feels like 35 years ago... for some reason) but first I want to share a different perspective, which will lead into what these 2 women were talking about. 

So there are 3 types of women in American society and pop culture, from what I see. And these 3 tittles all have their own sub-roles in them. But there are: 

Gold diggers: a woman who becomes or tries to become romantically involved with a rich man in order to get money and gifts from him.

Trad wife: the Phyllis Schlafly ideal for a woman and wife. Even though Phyllis Schlafly argued in the 2nd half of her adult life that the role for American women was to "stand by their man" and be 100% loyal to him and raise their kids and even be subservient to their man and never work out of the home and earn their own money. Mrs. Sclafly had her own professional career as a political activist, author, and columnist, from the time she was 39-40 in the mid-1960s, up until she died in 2016. But the woman she talked about, was sort of the opposite of what she was. Her ideal American woman, was a trad wife, who had zero professional ambition, whatsoever. 

And then the women that Jackie Collies and Oprah Winfrey were talking about, which is essentially the independent women. Not necessarily women who try to have it all. But women who are independent of everyone else, especially men. Women who have their own careers and make their own financial and professional decisions. And some of these women get married and have children with their husbands. And some independent women never even get married or have kinds. But they always have complete control over their own lives. And the independent women was made popular in American pop culture with action shows like Police Woman and Charlie's Angels in the 1970s and 80s. 

Now me personally, the only kind of woman that I would want to get involved with romantically and sexually, would be the independent woman. Now there's a downside there as well. Some of these women are not just independent, but are very judgemental to the point that they are not independent, but they think they should rule the world. And men are just pigs and the biggest idiots in the world (not just physically) to the point, that they're not qualified to decide how they should dress in public and what they should eat. Sort of the straight women's version of the prick. 

But on the upside, independent woman tend to be educated, they're intelligent, tend to be attractive, (especially if they're straight) and you probably won't be financially obligated to them, if the marriage doesn't work out. Especially if you have a good prenuptial agreement with them. 

Gold diggers can be fun... just as long as the man knows what they're getting into. And doesn't marry their plaything, because that woman probably wouldn't sign any prenuptial that wouldn't leave her with most of her husband's wealth and property. 

The trad wife? Out of the question, for me. I mean, if you are married to a woman like that, especially if you get married while you are both fairly young and that marriage goes 20 years, (give or take) you might end up being financially responsible for your ex-wife for the rest of her life, unless she gets remarried. Because she hasn't worked out of the home for a long time. Maybe she didn't have a real career or even a college degree before you were married. It could be like taking care of 1 of your kids who never grows up.

But Jackie and Oprah were talking about what the R&B group Destiny Child's and the movie Charlie's Angels (2000) made popular 10 years after this interview... the independent woman. Women who are just as qualified and able to take care of themselves, as men and in some cases do it better. And those women I can at least respect for that. 

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