Jane Fonda, 83, reveals she wants men 'to say she looks good for her age'

Jane Fonda has spoken candidly about seeking male approval in a new interview.

The Oscar-winning Hollywood icon, 83, admitted that despite being a feminist, she 'needs to feel that men find her attractive' and 'wants them to tell her she looks good for her age'.

Using Zoom as an example when speaking to Grazia for the magazine's latest issue, the star said: 'I feel ashamed even admitting it, but I pay a little extra attention to how I look [when video calling a man] than I do if it's a woman.'

Explaining that she 'wanting men to find her attractive is part of her DNA as she became an adult in the 1950s', Jane went on: 'I need to feel that they [men] think I'm attractive. I don't mean sexy, I mean just look good for my age.'

She elaborated: 'Guys tell me, whether they're a doctor or a hairdresser or whatever, that other people say ''Oh my god you know Jane Fonda! What does she look like?!'' I want for them to say, ''she looks good for her age''.'

Elsewhere in the cover interview, Jane spoke candidly about what it means to be a feminist and how that ties in with ideas of vanity.

Explaining that she considers herself 'a little bit vain', Jane told the outlet: 'When I very first became a feminist I didn't really pay that much attention to how I looked.

'There was a space between Barbarella (1968) and Monster in Law (2005), where I didn't really pay that much attention to how I looked on purpose, because I thought that to be taken seriously, I had to look like I didn't care how I looked.'

However Jane then came to the realisation

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