ANNIE LENNOX

The Scottish singer's comments came at the launch of Bryan Adams' Brilliant Women photography exhibition at the U.K.'s National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday (11Mar08), where her picture was among the rocker's collection of inspirational females.

And the 53-year-old maintains it is such heroic women who deserve immense praise.

She says, "Women still have to work harder than men. When you go to hospitals and care homes it is women doing the hard work, the drudgery.

"Women do the housework - they work behind the scenes and have to do it all and also compete with men."

Source: WENN