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History of Feminism

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geardaddy

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Mon Sep 22, 2014, 10:37 AM Sep 2014

4chan to Emma Watson: You speak out on gender equality, we release nude photos [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/4chan-responds-to-emma-watsons-feminist-speech-at-un-with-photo-countdown-clock/
Over the weekend, Harry Potter actress Emma Watson delivered an impassioned speech aimed at ending gender inequality — to which online hacking group 4chan responded by creating a site called “Emma You Are Next,” which alleges to count down the time until a 4chan user will release nude photographs of her.

Shortly after her graduation from Brown University, Watson was named UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Her speech on Saturday marked the first time she spoke to the assembly as a whole, and she did so on behalf of the HeForShe campaign.

HeForShe is an effort, in her words, to “try and galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for gender equality. And we don’t just want to talk about it, but make sure it is tangible.”


“The more I have spoken about feminism, the more I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become synonymous with ‘man-hating,’” Watson said. “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.’”

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What fuckers!
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This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #1
no. my children were never hateful. something happens with a child, seabeyond Sep 2014 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #4
ah, and then there is the sexual threat, really only about degrade, humiliate. seabeyond Sep 2014 #2
I wonder what would happen to the haters... malthaussen Sep 2014 #5
Yeah shenmue Sep 2014 #6
they haters need it and society as a whole, to keep women in their place, cause... seabeyond Sep 2014 #7
Something in our society confuses obnoxiousness with strength. malthaussen Sep 2014 #9
look at what society gives to men, as manhood at least the last decade and half. seabeyond Sep 2014 #10
I'd take it a lot further back than the last 15 years. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #15
i think we were heading in the right direction as we progressed in 70's but really 80's, seabeyond Sep 2014 #19
I don't know about specific dates, but think that we were progressing Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #22
Heinous. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #8
Christ on a fucking raft. These scum need to be jailed. riqster Sep 2014 #11
4chan is an online hacking group now? fbc Sep 2014 #12
4chan is as much of a hacking group as DU. (nt) jeff47 Sep 2014 #13
... lol ... exactly Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #14
These assholes are bluffing. Efilroft Sul Sep 2014 #16
Exactly. Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #18
it does not matter if it is a bluff or not. watson should not have to endure a bluff or follow thru seabeyond Sep 2014 #20
Her Message is More Important than Their Threat! mckara Sep 2014 #17
the taboo is she did NOT give CONSENT. it is her choice. period. the end. whatever you or anyone seabeyond Sep 2014 #21
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