Emma Watson's Speech On Gender Equality

Dating back to the 1900’s women have never truly been viewed as the man’s equal, instead women were made to feel inferior to men and be constantly reminded that the workforce was where the man belonged, not the women. Even to this day, the woman who works the same job as any man, is paid far less than him. It’s the unbreakable glass ceiling that we will constantly be looking to dismantle, and it is through the recent work of actress, and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson and her HeForShe campaign that more light has been brought to shed light on the matter. Her work as a social activist and feminist has impacted a nation, and sparked a revolution; and if that isn’t a prime example of what becoming civically engaged than I am not sure what is. Gender inequality has been a constant variable in the work place, and while there have been advances women have continued to face a continued feature of segregation in the work place. (Sobering 2016). …show more content…
In her UN Speech on Gender Inequality she closes out her speech by asking “If not me, then who? If not now, then when?” This question is the sole focus of what civic engagement is, our participation in the society to bring forward the change we wish to see in the world. Emma Watson saw something that needed to be changed and instead of sitting around waiting for someone to take that first step – she did. Feminism and man hating should not live synonymously with each other and the He for She campaign promotes that as one of its selling points. Research done by Sobering (2016) discovered that if future researched focuses on the workplace equality that gender inequality would be more widely understood and could advance future solutions to close this