Emma Watson-speech about women's rights in front of UN

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Pretty good speech. She sounds very sincere and committed. In principle I agree that the views of celebrities gets too much attention, but this is far from the worst example. May actually do some good.

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4chan responds

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Link with more background

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/22/4chan_users_respond_to_emma_watsons_powerful_un_speech_by_threatening_to_release_her_nude_photos

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"Feminism is about breaking down gender stereotypes that entrap everyone, and about achieving equality and respect for people regardless of gender:

I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness unable to ask for help for fear it would make them look less “macho”—in fact in the UK suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20-49; eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. 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.

We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.

If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled."

Good stuff!