Emma Watson Delivers Passionate UN Speech On Gender Equality

Emma Watson is taking the fight for feminism to the frontlines, delivering a powerful message to the men of the world to take up the struggle for gender equality.

Watson, who was appointed to the role of the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador earlier this year, delivered a speech on the floor of the UN to launch the new HeForShe initiative, which advocates for total equality without the use of negative rhetoric and for getting men to join the political and social battle. "We want to end gender inequality," Watson told the assembly. "And to do this, we need everyone involved… We want to try and galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change."

Watson went on to argue that feminism is about equality, not separation, and without everyone fighting for change, change may not be possible.

"The more I have spoken about feminism, the more I have realized that fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating," Watson said. "If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this has to stop. For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes."

you want gender equality?

demand the same selective service requirements for women as for men

demand the same treatment for domestic violence male victims as female victims

demand the end to alimony.

demand women open doors for men

demand that MEN and children go to the lifeboats first.

demand that women like myley cyrus stop acting like sluts and start acting like adults.

etc.

Watson went on to argue that feminism is about equality, not separation...

>> Emma isn't familiar with any current feminists apparently. Maybe separation isn't the right word. What they really want is to turn boys into girls and men into women.

Emma is sadly mistaken about the goal of groups like NOW (Smash the Patriarchy - Smash the State - Smash Monogamy).

Marxist Feminism’s Ruined Lives (Frontpagemag.com ^ | 9-2-2014 | Mallory Millett)

And so began my period as an unwitting witness to history. I stayed with Kate (Millett) and her lovable Japanese husband, Fumio, in a dilapidated loft on The Bowery as she finished her first book, a PhD thesis for Columbia University, “Sexual Politics.”
It was 1969. Kate invited me to join her for a gathering at the home of her friend, Lila Karp. They called the assemblage a “consciousness-raising-group,” a typical communist exercise, something practiced in Maoist China. We gathered at a large table as the chairperson opened the meeting with a back-and-forth recitation, like a Litany, a type of prayer done in Catholic Church. But now it was Marxism, the Church of the Left, mimicking religious practice:
“Why are we here today?” she asked.
“To make revolution,” they answered.
“What kind of revolution?” she replied.
“The Cultural Revolution,” they chanted.
“And how do we make Cultural Revolution?” she demanded.
“By destroying the American family!” they answered.
“How do we destroy the family?” she came back.
“By destroying the American Patriarch,” they cried exuberantly.
“And how do we destroy the American Patriarch?” she replied.
“By taking away his power!”
“How do we do that?”
“By destroying monogamy!” they shouted.
“How can we destroy monogamy?”
Their answer left me dumbstruck, breathless, disbelieving my ears. Was I on planet earth? Who were these people?
“By promoting promiscuity, eroticism, prostitution and homosexuality!” they resounded.
They proceeded with a long discussion on how to advance these goals by establishing The National Organization of Women. It was clear they desired nothing less than the utter deconstruction of Western society. The upshot was that the only way to do this was “to invade every American institution. Every one must be permeated with ‘The Revolution’”: The media, the educational system, universities, high schools, K-12, school boards, etc.; then, the judiciary, the legislatures, the executive branches and even the library system.
It fell on my ears as a ludicrous scheme, as if they were a band of highly imaginative children planning a Brinks robbery; a lark trumped up on a snowy night amongst a group of spoiled brats over booze and hashish.

“As a female, I have never, ever felt inferior to/lesser than/not equal to men. DIFFERENT, of course, but that’s not something to struggle against.” -— well put. That’s the premise with which many activists in iran work, for example. Among those activists are more than several men who understand, work with & support women activists to the point of going to prison and being abused themselves, which might surprise some in the west. These men & women all fighting for same basic rights for women, whilst acknowledging the “difference” between a man & a woman. Unfortunately, the physical strength & biological differences between men and women are also often used as an advantage by not only the sexist but also almost misogynistic islamic culture in today’s iran, for instance. Other than that, what the women there really want is to have “same opportunities” in having custody of their kids, equal pay for same job, equal weight in being a witness in legal terms, and so on.. as their male counterpart. It’s very reasonable. Of course there are also other women there who are ok with being in a Purely supportive position to men.

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