"Beyoncé lives life on her own terms" Chimamanda Adichie on gender equality
On Beyoncé being a good role model for females
“I don’t like the expression ‘role model’ the role model that children really need are their parents. I don’t think it’s the place of a public figure who has her own life to be expected to do what we want her to do. I do think that it’s wonderful that Beyoncé lives life on her own terms. If she were a man I don’t think we would be questioning things like ‘Is he a role model?’.
On how she feels being an advocate for female empowerment
“I don’t really like the expression ‘female empowerment’. I like gender equality, because female empowerment can mean that we want women to have more privileges than men or be stronger. What I want is equality; a world where we don’t say to women ‘You have to do a certain thing because you’re a woman.’ I see myself as someone who believes very deeply in gender equality and I talk about it because I care about it. There are young women who have said to me, because they heard my talk they now identify as feminists and also some young men. It’s not just about women it has to also be about men.”
On how her husband feels about her success:
“I’m sure he’s fine with it. Nobody would ask a man ‘How does your wife feel about your success?’ because it would be considered, of course she would be happy and supportive. We live in a world where in many ways we tell women that they’re less important in relationships and women themselves buy into that. I’m supposed to say ‘He handles it very well, he doesn’t mind’.”
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