Emma Watson Facebook Q&A urges women, men to fight for ...

Emma Watson Facebook Q&A urges women, men to fight for gender ... partaking in an hour-long Facebook chat about gender equality—and the need ... HomeArticleEmmaWatsonFacebookQ&Aurgeswomen,mentofightforgenderequalityEmmaWatsonFacebookQ&Aurgeswomen,mentofightforgenderequalityByArianaBacleUpdatedMarch09,2015at03:34PMEDTAdvertisementSaveFBTweetMorePinterestEmailSendTextMessagePrintCommentImageCredit:AxelSchmidt/APEmmaWatson,whowasnamedaGoodwillAmbassadorforU.N.WomeninJuly,celebratedInternationalWomen’sDaySundaybypartakinginanhour-longFacebookchataboutgenderequality—andtheneedforbothwomenandmentofightforit.“Genderequalityhistoricallyhaspredominantlybeenawomen’smovementforwomen,”shesaid,summarizingthespeechshegaveattheU.N.inSeptemberthatsignaledthelaunchofHeForShe,acampaignforgenderequality.“ButIthinktheimpactofgenderinequalityandhowit’sactuallybeenaffectingmenhasn’treallybeenaddressed.Ithinkoursocietyingeneraldevaluesthe‘she,’whenIsaythat,Imeanqualitiesassociatedwiththefeminine,whicharefoundinallofus.Asaresult,there’skindofthisimbalanceandthisdistortion,andit’sjusthinderingourprogress.”Shewentontoclarifytheword“feminist,”andhoweveryonecanbeone.“Ithinkmenthinkit’sawomen’sword.Thatit’sonlyforwomen,”shesaid.“Butitreallyjustmeansthatyoubelieveinequality.Andifyoustandforequality,thenyou’reafeminist.Sorrytotellyou.”Watchtheentirechatbelow.CommentsClosethisdialogwindowShare&More©CopyrightEW.com.Allrightsreserved.Printedfromhttps://ew.comClosethisdialogwindowViewimageEmmaWatsonFacebookQ&Aurgeswomen,mentofightforgenderequalitythislinkistoanexternalsitethatmayormaynotmeetaccessibilityguidelines.