The intense sexual politics of the new literature Nobelist.

Elfriede Jelinek interviews:

I describe the relationship between man and woman as a Hegelian relationship between master and slave. As long as men are able to increase their sexual value through work, fame or wealth, while women are only powerful through their body, beauty and youth, nothing will change.



How can you cling to such dated stereotypes when you yourself are acclaimed internationally for your intellect?



A woman who becomes famous through her work reduces her erotic value. A woman is permitted to chat or babble, but speaking in public with authority is still the greatest transgression.



You're suggesting that your achievements, like winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, detract from your overall appeal.



Certainly! A woman's artistic output makes her monstrous to men if she does not know to make herself small at the same time and present herself as a commodity. At best people are afraid of her.