Emma Watson: The Importance Of Gender Equality Around The World

Best known as playing Hermione Grager in the film Harry Potter, Emma Watson has transformed her image to help spread awareness on a serious issue in today’s world. Watson took good use of her popularity to stand out for public issues, Watson decided take up that responsibility to awaken the publics awareness towards gender equality. Watson speech took place at a special event held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The intended purpose of this speech was to promote the “HeForShe” Campaign to advocate the importance of gender equality around the world. Emma Watson does a profound job in appealing to her viewers, as her stance on this issue was strong and well constructed, she managed to deliver a strong rhetorical message to …show more content…
Campaign that are often “supported” by celebrities can greatly weaken the integrity of the meaning behind the cause. This is so because often times celebrities are used as tools due to their fame and ability to persuade a given audience. Emma on the other hand combats this cliche by citing ways in which she has experienced acts of discrimination first hand. Watson also makes it evidently clear that she is passionate about this cause and has something worth gaining that material wealth could not provide. This is justified, when she acknowledges that she is primarily known for being the “Harry Potter girl”. By stating this, Watson easily diminishes the audiences doubt on weather or not she is a suitable candidate to advocate for such a notable cause. It is important to note that despite not having an obvious reason for being the speaker for the HeForShe campaign, she is truly passionate about this issue and she makes it apparent that even through failure and judgment on her publicized opinion she still manages to fight for this cause in hopes of resolving gender inequality for