Shailene Woodley Explains Her Views on Sisterhood Over Feminism

Shailene Woodley opens up about feminism in this recent interview with Time.com.

The 22-year-old actress talks about her views on the topic and her ideals on how society should find a balance with men and women in power. Check it:

On whether she’s a feminist: “No because I love men, and I think the idea of ‘raise women to power, take the men away from the power’ is never going to work out because you need balance. With myself, I’m very in touch with my masculine side. And I’m 50 percent feminine and 50 percent masculine, same as I think a lot of us are. And I think that is important to note. And also I think that if men went down and women rose to power, that wouldn’t work either. We have to have a fine balance.”

On women vs. women: “My biggest thing is really sisterhood more than feminism. I don’t know how we as women expect men to respect us because we don’t even seem to respect each other. There’s so much jealousy, so much comparison and envy. And ‘This girl did this to me and that girl did that to me.’ And it’s just so silly and heartbreaking in a way.”

On feminism in pop culture: “It’s really neat to see: there’s that new Judd Apatow movie coming out, The Other Woman, and that looks really good because I think it’s really neat that it shows women coming together and supporting each other and creating a sisterhood of support for one another versus hating each other for something that somebody else created.”

Don’t forget – Shailene‘s new movie The Fault in Our Stars hits theaters on June 6!