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“I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago. When I was eight, I was confused at being called “bossy,” because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents — but the boys were not.
— Emma Watson
Actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
UN Speech on the HeForShe campaign (2014)
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