Emma Watson Quotes About Gender Equality

Quotes about: Gender Equality

• IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.

  Emma Watson

  Equality, Two, Feminist

• I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT IS THAT THIS HAS TO STOP.

  Emma Watson

  Hate, Fighting, Men

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• If you believe in equality, you're a feminist. Sorry to tell you.

  Emma Watson

  Sorry, Believe, Feminist

  "HeForShe University Tour", www.askmen.com. November 19, 2015.

• Men think it's a women's word. But what it means is that you believe in equality, and if you stand for equality, then you're a feminist. Sorry to tell you. You're a feminist. You're a feminist. That's it.

  Emma Watson

  Inspiring, Sorry, Believe

  "HeForShe Conversation with Emma Watson on International Women's Day 2015 [Full Q&A] - Official". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. March 8, 2015.

• IN MY NERVOUSNESS FOR THIS SPEECH AND MY MOMENTS OF DOUBT, I'VE TOLD MYSELF FIRMLY, 'IF NOT ME, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?'

  Emma Watson

  Work, Women, Advice

• Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That's it, that simple.

  Emma Watson

  Inspiring, Simple, Feminism

• Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women's movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it's affecting men hasn't really been addressed.

  Emma Watson

  Inspiring, Men, Thinking

  "Emma Watson Is Sorry to Tell You, but You’re Probably a Feminist" by Jennifer Swann, www.takepart.com. March 8, 2015.

• WE ARE STRUGGLING FOR A UNITING WORD BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE A UNITING MOVEMENT.

  Emma Watson

  Struggle, News, Movement

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?

  Emma Watson

  Equality, Half, World

  Emma Watson's Speech on Gender Equality at the United Nations, www.thoughtco.com. February 26, 2018.

• BUT MY RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT FEMINISM HAS BECOME AN UNPOPULAR WORD. WOMEN ARE CHOOSING NOT TO IDENTIFY AS FEMINISTS.

  Emma Watson

  Feminist, Feminism, Research

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• We want to try to galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change.

  Emma Watson

  Men, Boys, Trying

  "Emma Watson latest celeb to use star power to help women" by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. September 22, 2014.

• WE NEED MORE OF THOSE AND IF YOU STILL HATE THE WORD, IT IS NOT THE WORD THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT'S THE IDEA AND THE AMBITION BEHIND IT.

  Emma Watson

  Motivational, Hate, Ambition

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• WHEN AT 15, MY GIRLFRIENDS STARTED DROPPING OUT OF THEIR BELOVED SPORTS TEAMS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR MUSCLE-Y, WHEN AT 18, MY MALES FRIENDS WERE UNABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, I DECIDED THAT I WAS A FEMINIST.

  Emma Watson

  Sports, Girlfriend, Team

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

  Emma Watson

  Country, Feminism, World

  Twitter post from Jan 23, 2015

• People associate feminism with hate - with man hate - and that's really negative. I don't think that's what feminism is about at all - it's really positive. I think that's why women became reluctant to use the word.

  Emma Watson

  Inspiring, Hate, Men

• Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. … Gender equality is your issue, too. … I've seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help, for fear it would make them less of a men—or less of a man. I've seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success. Men don't have the benefits of equality, either.

  Emma Watson

  Insecure, Opportunity, Men

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

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