Published 11:19 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.
Don’t call Emma Watson single. The Harry Potter star prefers calling herself 'self-partnered' instead of single. While discussing the pressures of turning 30, the 29-year-old actor in an interview with an international fashion magazine, admitted 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 not understand the "fuss" surrounding the 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 the international media that women have long faced the 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 the other hand, men tend to be perceived as free, enjoying a bachelor's life. She said that if a woman who is turning 30 has not built a home, unmarried, without a baby, and does not have a secure and stable career or is figuring things out, "there's just this incredible amount of anxiety". She further added that she eventually realised that the pressure she was facing was just an 'influx of subliminal messaging'.
Little Women
The 29-year-old actor is a leading women's rights activist and a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations. She had also spoken about her own experience of sexism. Later this year, she will be returning to the screen alongside Laura Dern and Meryl Streep. She will be playing the role of Meg March in the latest adaption of the iconic 19th-century novel, Little Women. The story, as is known to the literature lovers, traces the lives of the four March sisters in New England in the 1860s after the conclusion of the American Civil War. The aspirations of the sisters, one wanting to be a writer, the other dreaming of becoming a painter and their love stories in the society which mainly focuses on the marriage of a woman more than anything else forms the basic plot.
Updated 13:14 IST, November 6th 2019