Pharrell's feminist speech

Pharrell Williams's empowering and feminist speech at New York University for the "first generation to treat women as equal".

Transcript

00:00Our country has never seen this before.

00:02As you find your ways to serve humanity, it gives me great comfort knowing that this generation

00:13is the first that understands that we need to lift up our women.

00:18Your generation is unraveling deeply entrenched laws, principles, and misguided values that

00:24have held women back for far too long.

00:27And therefore, have held us all back, the human race.

00:36The world that you will live in will be a lot better for it.

00:41This is the first generation that navigates the world with the security and the confidence

00:48to treat women as equal.

00:55You guys and gals are the first ever, I'm going to say that again, you guys are the

01:01first ever.

01:03Our country has never seen this before, and it makes some people uncomfortable.

01:12But still I say, just imagine the possibilities.