Emma Watson: Feminism can never succeed unless men are part of the conversation

[Raffi Ella]

116. That's how I read it, too.

I've read interviews where she's talked extensively on the the topic, I always liked what she had to say about it. I thought the OP highlighted the wrong sections of the speech, no big deal. I was glad to see her speech posted here, it's the first time I'd heard of it.

If the OP and others feel misunderstood and targeted and that's the reason this was posted as it was, I do feel for them; it's a complicated issue and it's easy to "say the wrong thing" in an attempt to make a valid point. That's the reason I stay out of the I/P issue, I don't understand it well enough to speak about it, and I certainly don't want to be called an anti semite in my attempt to empathize with Palestinians. So instead of jumping into the I/P fray, I read, I educate myself-

as it stands, the OP has twisted this Speech and Campaign into something it is not.

Emma Watson is actually talking to those who conflate man hating and feminism. She is not saying that Feminists hate men and that that has to stop: she is saying equating the two has to stop, hence her giving the definition of what Feminism is.

I understand where the OP is coming from if he feels under attack, but Emma is actually talking to you! You have misinterpreted her Speech, and you're using it to target HOF/Feminists as man haters who don't include men in the conversation. This is what HOF/Feminists are talking about when they say they feel baited and attacked.


This Speech and Campaign could have been a way to build bridges at DU...We all need to step back and realize we're on the same side side here and be kinder and more understanding of each other.