other guys do i like working with actresses and i like women a lot not for obvious reasons but just in that that theres so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting their instincts are so different and they never explain them to you if i have any particular appeal to women maybe its because i listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things gosling elaborated i grew up in a family of strong women and i owe any capacity i have to understand women to my mother and big sister i was literally raised by them my sister was my best friend and my hero growing up because i was homeschooled i didnt have a lot of friends and i did ballet which was always just girls all of that had an effect on my brain they taught me to respect women in a way where ive always felt a strong emotional connection to women which has also helped me in the way i approach my work as an actor and i just feel like i wouldnt know how to think any other way john legend all men should be feminists all men should be feminists if men care about womens rights the world will be a better place we are better off when women are empowered it leads to a better society patrick stewart violence against women is learned the truth is that domestic violence and violence against women touch many of us this violence is not a private matter behind closed doors it is shielded and hidden and it only intensifies it is protected by silence everyones silence violence against women is learned each of us must examine and change the ways in which our own behavior might contribute to enable ignore or excuse all such forms of violence i promise to do so and to invite other men and allies to do the samejoss whedon you either believe that women are people or you dont filmmaker joss whedon discussed the meaning of the word feminism during one of his speeches by saying you either believe that women are people or you dont if youre someone who genuinely believes that women dont deserve or arent as much as men youre like the plague on the big history chart youre the plague its just pointless and deadlyashton kutcher to create a movie with a female lead thats empowered with her own sexuality is a powerful thing i think theres so much thats not said about sex in our country even from an educational level the one thing they teach about is how to get pregnant or how to not get pregnant but they dont really talk about sex as a point of pleasure for women part of that creates a place where women arent empowered around their own sexuality and their own sexual selves and from a purely entertainment point of