Men are welcome to join the conversation approximately gender equality. Let them start by listening to what women and girls have to sayEmma Watson launched the HeForShe campaign at the UN final week and extended a “formal invitation” to men to participate in the conversation approximately gender equality. “Gender equality is your issue too,” said the actor and UN Women goodwill ambassador. Watson’s speech struck a chord with many and fanned the feminist fire that is, slowly but surely, and being reignited.
The reason Watson invited men to join the conversation was that gender stereotypes also limit them. “Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong,” she said. But while gender stereotypes can be suffocating to men too, it is women, and girls and transgender people who face the lion’s share of boundaries and limitations.
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Source: theguardian.com