Taylor Swift Fully Supports Emma Watson’s UN Speech On Gender Equality

Emma Watson recently gave an empowering speech on gender equality as part of her role as United Nations Global Goodwill Ambassador.

On Sunday, "Shake It Off" singer Taylor Swift revealed that she thinks Watson's speech was fantastic.

During an interview with French-Canadian talk show Tout Le Monde En Parle, Taylor explained she would have become a feminist earlier if she had heard a speech like Watson's when she was a child.

"I wish I was 12 years old and I'd been able to watch a video of my favorite actress explaining in such an intellectual, beautiful, poignant way the definition of feminism because I would have understood it and then earlier on in my life. I would have proudly claimed that I was a feminist because I would've understood what the word means," she revealed on the talk show.

According to BuzzFeed, "Swift continued her praise for Watson, saying that she was 'happy to live in a world' where Watson spoke about feminism and that it was an 'incredible thing' to witness."

During Watson's U.N. speech Sept. 20, she said being a feminist is not about being "anti-men."

"The more I spoke about feminism, the more I realized that fighting for women's rights has too often become synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, is that this has to stop," Emma explained.

It was statements like this that inspired Swift to speak out about her thoughts on feminism, starting with how women deal with one another.

"The one thing I do believe as a feminist is that in order for us to have gender equality, we have to stop making it a girl fight and we have to stop being so interested in seeing girls trying to tear each other down — it has to be more about cheering each other on as women," she said in the Tout Le Monde En Parle interview.

"So many girls out there say, 'I'm not a feminist' because they think it means something angry or disgruntled or complaining. They picture like rioting and picketing. It is not that at all — it just simply means that you believe that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities," she added.