Emma Watson 2016年关于平权问题的联合国演讲
I graduated from university four years ago, I have always dreamed of going, and I know how fortunate I am to have the opportunity to do so.Brown became my home, my community, and I took the ideas and the experiences I had there into my social interactions, into my work place, into my politics, into all aspects of my life.I know that my university experience shaped who I am and of course it dose for many people.But what if our experience of our university shows us that women don’t belong in leadership? What if it shows us that yes, women can study but they shouldn’t lead a seminar.What if,as still in many places around the world, it tells us that women don’t belong there at all.What if as the case in far too many universities, we are given the meage that sexual violence isn’t actually a form of violence.But we know that if you change students’ experiences so they have different expectations of the world around them.Expectations of equality, society will change.
As we leave home for the first time to study at the places that we have worked so hard to get.We must not see or experience double standards.We need to see equal respect, leadership, and pay.The university experience must tell women that their brain power is valued.And not just that but that they belong within the leadership of the university itself.And so importantly right now the experience must make it clear that the safety of women, minorities, and anyone who may be vulnerable is a right, not a privilege.A right that will be respected by a community that believes and supports survivors, and that recognizes that when one person’s safety is violated, everyone feels their own safety is violated.A university should be a place of refuge that takes action against all forms of violence.That is why we believe that students should leave university believing in, striving for, and expecting societies of true equality.Societies of true equality in every sense, and universities have the power to be a vital catalyst for that change.
