Scarlett Johansson on Cosmopolitan May 2016
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![On why she dislikes discussing equal pay for women: "There's something icky about me having that conversation unless it applies to a greater whole . . . I am very fortunate, I make a really good living, and I'm proud to be an actress who's making as much as many of my male peers at this stage . . . I think every woman has [been underpaid], but unless I'm addressing it as a larger problem, for me to talk about my own personal experience with it feels a little obnoxious. It's part of a larger conversation about feminism in general."
On why she opposes Planned Parenthood's budget cuts: "There are countries at war, there's terrorism, global warming, and we're like, 'We should definitely cut the budget for Planned Parenthood. Let's take away the availability of women's health initiatives!' . . . It's nuts. We're talking about preventing cervical and breast cancers. Growing up, I used [PP's] services. All my girlfriends did — not just for birth control but for Pap smears and breast exams. You read about the rise of back-alley abortions, women having to mutilate themselves and teenagers having to seek help in unsafe conditions, and for what?! We're moving backward when we're supposed to be moving forward."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/0ZwcLryUVuRNUwhVem0fJey4agc/160x160/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-:sharpen-!1,0,true!-/2016/04/07/795/n/1922398/e3ffd052b44e2ab1_Cosmo_-_May_16_-_Newsstand/i/why-she-dislikes-discussing-equal-pay-women.jpg "On why she dislikes discussing equal pay for women: \"There's something icky about me having that conversation unless it applies to a greater whole . . . I am very fortunate, I make a really good living, and I'm proud to be an actress who's making as much as many of my male peers at this stage . . . I think every woman has [been underpaid], but unless I'm addressing it as a larger problem, for me to talk about my own personal experience with it feels a little obnoxious. It's part of a larger conversation about feminism in general.\"
On why she opposes Planned Parenthood's budget cuts: \"There are countries at war, there's terrorism, global warming, and we're like, 'We should definitely cut the budget for Planned Parenthood. Let's take away the availability of women's health initiatives!' . . . It's nuts. We're talking about preventing cervical and breast cancers. Growing up, I used [PP's] services. All my girlfriends did — not just for birth control but for Pap smears and breast exams. You read about the rise of back-alley abortions, women having to mutilate themselves and teenagers having to seek help in unsafe conditions, and for what?! We're moving backward when we're supposed to be moving forward.\"")
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