Salma Hayek may have co-founded Chime for Change in 2013 a global campaign focusing on fighting for women’s rights around the world—but the actress says she’s not a feminist.
Just before being honored as a women’s rights advocate at Equality Now’s Make Equality Reality, Hayek told People magazine she doesn’t see herself as a feminist.
“I am not a feminist,” Hayek said. “If men were going through the things women are going through today, I would be fighting for them with just as much passion. I believe in equality.”
“We need to make war against hate,” Hayek said. “I think that if you hate women you hate humanity. You hate life itself because there is no man who came to this world that did not come through a woman. Until there is respect, equality and the curiosity to discover the magical miracle that is womanhood around the world we will not have a chance to find dignity for humanity.”
“I don’t preach my 7-year-old daughter every day,” Hayek told People. “She’s aware that her mommy fights for the rights of women, that there are many places in the world where they are not entitled to the rights.”
