作业帮艾玛沃特森女权演讲英文原稿
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艾玛沃特森女权演讲英文原稿
1.Today we are launching a
campaign called 鈥淗eForShe.鈥滻 am reaching out to you because I need your help.
We want to end gender inequality鈥攁nd to do this we need everyone involved.This
is the first campaign of its kind at the UN:we want to try and galvanize as
many men and boys as possible to be advocates for gender equality.And we don鈥檛
just want to talk about it,but make sure it is tangible.
2.I was appointed as Goodwill
Ambassador for UN Women 6 months ago.The more I spoke about feminism,the more
I realized that fighting for women鈥檚 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.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.
3.
I started questioning
gender-based assumptions a long time ago.When I was at eight I was confused at
being called 鈥渂ossy,鈥 because I wanted to direct the plays we would put on for
our parents鈥攂ut the boys were not.When at 14,I started being sexualized by
certain elements of the media.When at 15,my girlfriends started dropping out
of their beloved sports teams because they didn鈥檛 want to appear 鈥渕uscly.鈥 When
at 18,my male friends were unable to express their feelings.
1.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.Women are choosing not to identify as
feminists.Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen
as too strong,too aggressive,isolating,anti-men,unattractive even.
2.Why has the word become such an
uncomfortable one?I am from Britainand I think it is right 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 decisions that
will affect my life.I think it is right that socially,I am afforded the same
respect as men.
3.But sadly,I can say that there
is no one country in the world where all women can expect to see these rights.
No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality.
These rights I considered to be human rights.
4.
But I am one of the lucky ones.
My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn鈥檛 love me less because I
was born a daughter.My school did not limit me because I was a girl.My
mentors didn鈥檛 assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a
child one day.These influences,with the gender equality ambassadors,made me
who I am today.They may not know it but they are the inadvertent feminists who
are changing the world today.We need more of those.
1.And if you still hate the
word鈥攊t鈥檚 not the word that is important.It鈥檚 the idea and the ambition behind
because not all women have been afforded the same rights that I have.In fact,
statistically,very few have been.
2.In 1997,Hillary Clinton made a
famous speech inBeijingabout women鈥檚 rights.Sadly,many of the things that she wanted to change are
still true today.What struck me the most was that less than 30% of the
audience was male.How can we effect change in the world when only half of it
is invited or felt welcomed to participate in the conversation?
3.Men,I would like to take this
opportunity to extend your formal invitation.Gender equality is your issue,
too.Because to date,I鈥檝e seen my father鈥檚 role as a parent being valued less
by society despite my needing his presence as a child as much as my mother鈥檚.
I鈥檝e seen young men suffering from mental illness,unable to ask for help for
fear it would make them less of a man.In fact,in theUK,suicide is
the biggest killer of men between 20 to 49,eclipsing road accidents,cancer
and coronary heart disease.I鈥檝e seen men made fragile and insecure by a
distorted sense of what constitutes male success.Men don鈥檛 have the benefits
of equality,either.
4.We don鈥檛 often talk about men
being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that they are.And when
they are free,things will change for women as a natural consequence.If men
don鈥檛 have to be aggressive in order to be accepted,women won鈥檛 feel compelled
to be submissive.If men don鈥檛 have to control,women won鈥檛 have to be
controlled
5.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 as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing
ideals.If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining
ourselves by who we are,we can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is
about.It鈥檚 about freedom.I want men to take up this mantle so that their
daughters,sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that
their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too,reclaim those parts
of themselves they abandoned and in doing so,be a more true and complete
version of themselves.
6.You might be thinking:who is
this Harry Potter girl?And what is she doing speaking at the UN?And it鈥檚
really a good question.I鈥檝e been asking myself the same thing.All I know is
that I care about this problem and I want to make it better.And having seen
what I鈥檝e seen and given the chance,I feel it is my responsibility to say
something.Statesman Edmund Burke said 鈥渁ll that is need for the forces of evil
to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.鈥滭br/>7.In my nervousness for this
speech and in my moments of doubt,I鈥檝e told myself firmly:if not me,who?If
not now,when?If you have similar doubts when opportunity are presented to
you,I hope those words will be helpful.Because the reality is that if we do
nothing,it will take 75 years or for me nearly 100 before women can expect to
be paid the same as men for the same work.15.5 million girls will be married
in the next 16 years as children.And at current rates,it won鈥檛 be until 2086
before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.
8.If you believe in equality,you
might be one of the inadvertent feminists that I spoke of earlier and for this
I applaud you.We are struggling for a uniting world but the good news is we
have a uniting movement.It is called HeForShe.I am inviting you to step
forward,to be seen and to ask yourself:if not me,who; if not now,when.
Thank you very very much.
campaign called 鈥淗eForShe.鈥滻 am reaching out to you because I need your help.
We want to end gender inequality鈥攁nd to do this we need everyone involved.This
is the first campaign of its kind at the UN:we want to try and galvanize as
many men and boys as possible to be advocates for gender equality.And we don鈥檛
just want to talk about it,but make sure it is tangible.
2.I was appointed as Goodwill
Ambassador for UN Women 6 months ago.The more I spoke about feminism,the more
I realized that fighting for women鈥檚 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.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.
3.
I started questioning
gender-based assumptions a long time ago.When I was at eight I was confused at
being called 鈥渂ossy,鈥 because I wanted to direct the plays we would put on for
our parents鈥攂ut the boys were not.When at 14,I started being sexualized by
certain elements of the media.When at 15,my girlfriends started dropping out
of their beloved sports teams because they didn鈥檛 want to appear 鈥渕uscly.鈥 When
at 18,my male friends were unable to express their feelings.
1.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.Women are choosing not to identify as
feminists.Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen
as too strong,too aggressive,isolating,anti-men,unattractive even.
2.Why has the word become such an
uncomfortable one?I am from Britainand I think it is right 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 decisions that
will affect my life.I think it is right that socially,I am afforded the same
respect as men.
3.But sadly,I can say that there
is no one country in the world where all women can expect to see these rights.
No country in the world can yet say that they have achieved gender equality.
These rights I considered to be human rights.
4.
But I am one of the lucky ones.
My life is a sheer privilege because my parents didn鈥檛 love me less because I
was born a daughter.My school did not limit me because I was a girl.My
mentors didn鈥檛 assume that I would go less far because I might give birth to a
child one day.These influences,with the gender equality ambassadors,made me
who I am today.They may not know it but they are the inadvertent feminists who
are changing the world today.We need more of those.
1.And if you still hate the
word鈥攊t鈥檚 not the word that is important.It鈥檚 the idea and the ambition behind
because not all women have been afforded the same rights that I have.In fact,
statistically,very few have been.
2.In 1997,Hillary Clinton made a
famous speech inBeijingabout women鈥檚 rights.Sadly,many of the things that she wanted to change are
still true today.What struck me the most was that less than 30% of the
audience was male.How can we effect change in the world when only half of it
is invited or felt welcomed to participate in the conversation?
3.Men,I would like to take this
opportunity to extend your formal invitation.Gender equality is your issue,
too.Because to date,I鈥檝e seen my father鈥檚 role as a parent being valued less
by society despite my needing his presence as a child as much as my mother鈥檚.
I鈥檝e seen young men suffering from mental illness,unable to ask for help for
fear it would make them less of a man.In fact,in theUK,suicide is
the biggest killer of men between 20 to 49,eclipsing road accidents,cancer
and coronary heart disease.I鈥檝e seen men made fragile and insecure by a
distorted sense of what constitutes male success.Men don鈥檛 have the benefits
of equality,either.
4.We don鈥檛 often talk about men
being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that they are.And when
they are free,things will change for women as a natural consequence.If men
don鈥檛 have to be aggressive in order to be accepted,women won鈥檛 feel compelled
to be submissive.If men don鈥檛 have to control,women won鈥檛 have to be
controlled
5.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 as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing
ideals.If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining
ourselves by who we are,we can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is
about.It鈥檚 about freedom.I want men to take up this mantle so that their
daughters,sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that
their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too,reclaim those parts
of themselves they abandoned and in doing so,be a more true and complete
version of themselves.
6.You might be thinking:who is
this Harry Potter girl?And what is she doing speaking at the UN?And it鈥檚
really a good question.I鈥檝e been asking myself the same thing.All I know is
that I care about this problem and I want to make it better.And having seen
what I鈥檝e seen and given the chance,I feel it is my responsibility to say
something.Statesman Edmund Burke said 鈥渁ll that is need for the forces of evil
to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing.鈥滭br/>7.In my nervousness for this
speech and in my moments of doubt,I鈥檝e told myself firmly:if not me,who?If
not now,when?If you have similar doubts when opportunity are presented to
you,I hope those words will be helpful.Because the reality is that if we do
nothing,it will take 75 years or for me nearly 100 before women can expect to
be paid the same as men for the same work.15.5 million girls will be married
in the next 16 years as children.And at current rates,it won鈥檛 be until 2086
before all rural African girls can have a secondary education.
8.If you believe in equality,you
might be one of the inadvertent feminists that I spoke of earlier and for this
I applaud you.We are struggling for a uniting world but the good news is we
have a uniting movement.It is called HeForShe.I am inviting you to step
forward,to be seen and to ask yourself:if not me,who; if not now,when.
Thank you very very much.