Eva Longoria is urging young feminists not to forget Gloria Steinem's life-long dedication to women's equality. Earlier this month, the feminist icon implied that young women only like Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders because boys do.
Longoria joined HuffPost Live on Thursday and discussed Steinem's remarks, as well as Madeleine Albright's similarly controversial comments in support of Hillary Clinton from earlier this month, calling the backlash overblown.
"I think it was blown out of proportion, but I do understand [what they meant]," she said. "I come from the teachings of Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright and Susan B. Anthony. And I stand on the shoulders of all of those women who've fought for us to be able to have an opinion, to be able to vote."
Albright and Steinem have since apologized for their remarks. Longoria hopes young feminist voters won't let Albright's and Steinem's missteps overshadow their years of commitment to women's issues.
With the new millennials and the young women, I want to make sure that they understand that the reason they can be outspoken is because of the women before them. So I hope that they know the history of it. And if you understand Gloria's life's work, you understand. She's on our side. She is on our side. I think we all say things [and unintentionally] put our foot in our mouths.
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