Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We should all be feminists TED

We teach girls that they can be ambitious, but not too much…success, but not too much, otherwise they will threaten men, explains author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this classic speech that launched a global conversation about feminism, Adichie asks that we begin to dream and plan for a different, fairer world – of men and women who are happier and more true to themselves.

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