If you were anywhere near the internet in the 2010s, you likely remember the Ryan Gosling feminist memes that often featured the actor's face and "hey, girl" followed by a fake feminist quote (via The Guardian). Still, it's one thing to call yourself a feminist — or inspire a female-centric meme — and another thing entirely to recognize how this impacts your daily life and actually make a change. Luckily, though, Gosling puts his money where his meme is.
When his 2010 film "Blue Valentine" was rated NC-17, Gosling spoke out about the hypocritical nature of the rating (via Romper). "The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario, which is both complicit and complex," he explained. "It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film."
Besides pointing out systemic misogyny in his industry, the Canadian native also has plenty of women in the entertainment business who he looks up to. In 2015, he told The Daily Telegraph (via Romper), "There are lots of great women out there who I really admire," he said. "Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, the 'Broad City' girls [Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer], Lena Dunham and Kathryn Bigelow."
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