Kirsten Dunst out and about in Soho while talking on her mobile phone, New York City, USA - 09.07.08

Dunst is convinced that women in Hollywood are often treated more harshly by the media - in comparison to their male counterparts.

And the Spider-Man star is adamant that the balance needs to be redressed.

She tells U.S. magazine Harper's Bazaar, "I don't buy the rag mags, but I was looking at the cover of one, and an actress's husband apparently had cheated on her. Who knows if it's true? But they don't put the guy on the cover, going, Look at what this guy did. They put the girl on the cover, going, Look at what he did to her.

"That is the stuff that I have no tolerance for. Guys will go do this, that, and the other and they're cool, and girls will go out with their friends and do this and it's 'horrendous'. If a guy's flirting with me, I'm the slut. It can kill a girl's spirit."

Source: WENN