Amy Adams and Demi Moore spoke candidly about the language they use when talking to their daughters.
In a recent joint interview about Variety‘s Actors on actors series, the night bitch The actress shared that she uses gender-neutral vocabulary when applauding her 14-year-old daughter Aviana.
“You’ve raised daughters, and I’ve had to work really hard to say, ‘Oh my God, you’re so good… No, don’t say it. You’re a good person, and I’m so proud of you.’ Instead of…” Adams began.
“You’re a good girl,” Moore ended Adams’ statement, emphasizing the use of more gender-neutral language while praising her daughters.
For those who don’t know, Moore is the mother of three daughters, Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30, whom she shares with ex-husband Bruce Willis.
“Because there was something about it that I recognized had paralyzed me for parts of my life,” Adams explained. “I remember looking at you and thinking, ‘That’s what being a woman is like.'”
Elsewhere in the conversation, the couple discussed society’s double standards that revolve around women being angry.
“Women in general have the feeling that it’s not okay to be angry,” she said. Substance the actress said, adding, “It’s not that anyone is saying we can’t be, but it’s kind of been the collective consciousness of saying, ‘Oh, that’s not attractive.'”
