Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.

Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.

The money quote:

If we have such devaluing and disempowering images from the first media that children consume, it sets the table and enculturates another generation of children into seeing women and children of a lesser status than boys and men.

Amen.

Actress Geena Davis talks media, empowerment of women at U.N. (CNN)

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