Millions of people were moved by Emma Watson’s portrayal of the intelligent Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. It now appears like Watson is adopting a page out of Hermione’s playbook and using her ferocious intelligence to combat sexism and internet trolls.
At Facebook’s London headquarters, Watson took part in an hour-long Q&A session. When questioned about “the Fappening,” the notorious 2014 release of nude images of female celebrities, Watson said that attempts to humiliate and silence her had failed spectacularly.
During the Q&A, Watson remarked, “It’s funny because people went, ‘Oh, she’s going to be disheartened by this’.” “If anything, that strengthened my resolve even more. I was simply furious. I became so enraged over it that I simply thought, “This is why I have to be doing this!” If they intended to turn me off, it had the opposite effect.”
During the Q&A, Watson, a UN ambassador and the face of the HeForShe movement, covered a wide range of subjects, including dispelling misunderstandings about feminism, masculine expectations, and the place of chivalry in contemporary culture. However, her considered response to the online abuse she has endured, particularly in light of her feminist activity, was arguably the most moving. Despite the possibility that the photo threat was a fake, Watson insisted that the problem went beyond a simple invasion of privacy.
The majority of the individuals who were close to Watson, she claimed, “understood gender equality was a problem, but they didn’t really think it was that critical.” “I think [men] were really astonished when they realized that the moment I stood up and spoke about women’s rights, I was instantly threatened – in less than 12 hours, I was getting threats. Threats to women come in many different ways; that was just one in particular.”
Source: mic