Emma Watson Quotes About Feminism

Quotes about: Feminism

• 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

• I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decision-making of my country. I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same respect as men. But sadly I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights.

  Emma Watson

  Country, Men, Thinking

  "Will Feminism Be Reborn? A Sign of Hope" by Kathleen Kelley Reardon, bigthink.com. 2017.

• 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.

  Emma Watson

  Men, Feminism, Stereotype

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• 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.'

  Emma Watson

  Sex, Men, Opportunity

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• It's difficult on my dating life, because anyone I get photographed with is automatically my boyfriend. So it just makes it look as if I've had, like, 6,000 boyfriends!

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Kissing, Dating

  "Emma Watson Talks Style, Dating, and Life After Harry Potter in Her October 2012 Glamour Interview". Interview with Emma Rosenblum, www.glamour.com. September 3, 2012.

• I decided I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, anti-men and, unattractive.

  Emma Watson

  Strong, Men, Expression

  "Will Feminism Be Reborn? A Sign of Hope" by Kathleen Kelley Reardon, bigthink.com. 2017.

• If I had it my way, I would have just kept it short forever. Of course, men like long hair. There's no two ways about it. The majority of the boys around me were like, 'Why did you do that? That's such an error.' And I was like, 'Well, honestly, I don't really care what you think!' I've never felt so confident as I did with short hair - I felt really good in my own skin.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Kissing, Boys

  "Emma Watson Talks Style, Dating, and Life After Harry Potter in Her October 2012 Glamour Interview". Interview with Emma Rosenblum, www.glamour.com. September 3, 2012.

• I've never wanted to grow up too fast. I wanted to wear a sports bra until I was 22! ... The allure of being sexy never really held any excitement for me. I've never been in a terrible rush to be seen as a woman.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Sports, Sexy

  "The Prime of Miss Emma Watson". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.wmagazine.com. June 16, 2013.

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

  Emma Watson

  Inspiring, Simple, Feminism

• You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on stage at the UN. It's a good question and trust me I have been asking myself the same thing. I don't know if I am qualified to be here. All I know is that I care about this problem. And I want to make it better.

  Emma Watson

  Girl, Thinking, Feminism

  "Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too". Speech at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York, www.unwomen.org. September 20, 2014.

• I don't know. I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Kissing, Thinking

  "Heeft Emma Watson een relatie met een Harry Potter-collega?" by De Webredactie, www.elle.com. July 10, 2015.

• Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong... It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.

  Emma Watson

  Strong, Men, Sensitive Man

  "Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too". UN Speech on the HeForShe campaign, New York, www.unwomen.org. September 20, 2014.

• 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

• 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

• Yeah, it was horrible! I mean really horrible. I felt incredibly awkward. It was not something I was [looking forward to]. I don't know, but it looked good. We somehow managed to make it look realistic. I was proud of myself that I managed to power through and be professional.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Mean, Kissing

• To be honest, I felt more myself with that haircut. I felt bold, and it felt empowering because it was my choice. It felt sexy too. Maybe it was the bare neck, but for some reason I felt super-, supersexy.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Sexy, Kissing

  "The Bloom Of The Wallflower". Interview with Derek Blasberg, www.wonderlandmagazine.com. February 5, 2014.

• I try and intellectualize a lot, which she does as well obviously. She's very determined, I am as well. I like to think that I am very loyal in the same way that she is. Bit of a feminist in the same way that she is. I will speak my mind in the same way that she does.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Kissing, Thinking

• I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really struck me. I don't know how or why, but I had this sense that if I wasn't really careful, that could be me. That my first kiss could be in somebody else's clothes. And my experiences could all belong to someone else.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Reading, Character

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• He is a good kisser. I can definitely vouch for that.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Kissing, Feminism

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

  Emma Watson

  Country, Feminism, World

  Twitter post from Jan 23, 2015

• Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Good Life, Real

  Emma Watson @EmmaWatson, twitter.com. March 16, 2013.

• Men don't have the benefits of equality either.

  Emma Watson

  Men, Feminism, Benefits

  United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014

• Really I was open-minded about doing anything, but the one thing I didn't want to do was get myself into a corset, because I was worried I'd never get out again.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Kissing, Feminism

  "Emma Watson British GQ Cover Is Actress’ Sexiest Yet" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2013.

• Oh, I think Rupert's gorgeous. He is, he's totally gorgeous! Very handsome, very handsome indeed.

  Emma Watson

  Boyfriend, Kissing, Thinking

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