Patricia Arquette and her boyfriend Eric White attend the Step It Up For Gender Equality event in NYC, where Arquette delivered a rousing speech on gender equality. Photo: Stephen Lovekin. Source: Getty Images
"It's time for all the women in America and all the men that love women, and all the gay people, and all the people of colour that we've all fought for to fight for us now," she said to a room full of journalists after accepting her award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Several commentators, including Slate's Amanda Marcotte, slammed the Boyhood actress for her narrow-minded views on equality, especially since they put a damper on her inspiring acceptance speech about the gender pay gap.
"To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen in this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights. "It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America," she said.
On Tuesday, Arquette gave another speech about gender equality at the UN Women's Planet 50-50 by 2030 event, which wants to make international gender equality a reality within the next 15 years.
This time, the 46-year-old explained her position a little more clearly.
"People have asked me why I'm doing this, and it's true, today I'm blessed, having some material success, for which I'm extremely grateful. But I have other truths, too. If I were to tell you as a child, there were times where I lived below the poverty line, literally not having shoes to wear that fit me, that would also be true.
Patricia Arquette was slammed for comments she made about gay people and people of colour after her Oscars acceptance speech. Photo: Kevork Djansezian. Source: AFP
"If I told you that I was a single mother at 20, and lived with my baby in a converted garage, and that I would worry about my baby's nutrition while nursing, because I could only afford to eat macaroni and cheese mixed with water for a week so I could afford diapers, that would also be true," she said.
"So let's be honest: We have in place fair-pay laws that are not ensuring fair pay to women. The effect of the gender gap is most oppressive for women of colour. In the United States, Latina women working full-time are taking home 56 cents to every dollar earned by her male, white co-workers.
"In California, which is the seventh-largest economy in the whole world, that number dropped last year to 44 cents on the dollar. African American women earn just 64 cents. White American women may now average 78 cents on the dollar.
"Countless lesbian women and women in the transgender community also suffer wage penalties that hurt them and their families. And the women in our transgender community are suffering even more; most are not even able to get a job."
She concluded: "This is about supporting families, and getting women what they have already earned for their own hard work. Hold your politicians accountable … We are a movement, and we are making changes for our daughters. We matter."
Hear, hear.
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