Published 13:14 IST, November 6th 2019
Emma Watson is not 'single', she is happily 'self-partnered'
Emma Watson prefers calling herself 'self-partnered' instead of single, says she felt 'stressed & anxious' about turning 30 because of societal pressures.
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Don’t call Emma Watson single. Harry Potter star prefers calling herself 'self-partnered' inste of single. While discussing pressures of turning 30, 29-year-old actor in an interview with an international fashion magazine, mitted facing societal pressure to marry and have a family. Watson, who will be turning 30 in April, opened up about how she felt so "stressed and anxious" about her upcoming birthday and how she did t understand "fuss" surrounding milestone. She also revealed that never believed in “ ‘I’m happy single’ spiel” and it took her a long time to change her views.
Watson told international media that women have long faced pressure to look for a partner and start a family, while older single women are more likely to be seen as an 'object of pity'. On or hand, men tend to be perceived as free, enjoying a bachelor's life. She said that if a woman who is turning 30 has t built a home, unmarried, without a baby, and does t have a secure and stable career or is figuring things out, "re's just this incredible amount of anxiety". She furr ded that she eventually realised that pressure she was facing was just an 'influx of subliminal messaging'.
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Little Women
29-year-old actor is a leing women's rights activist and a goodwill ambassor for United Nations. She h also spoken about her own experience of sexism. Later this year, she will be returning to screen alongside Laura Dern and Meryl Streep. She will be playing role of Meg March in latest aption of iconic 19th-century vel, Little Women. story, as is kwn to literature lovers, traces lives of four March sisters in New England in 1860s after conclusion of American Civil War. aspirations of sisters, one wanting to be a writer, or dreaming of becoming a painter and ir love stories in society which mainly focuses on marri of a woman more than anything else forms basic plot.
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11:19 IST, November 6th 2019