Scarlett Johansson finds talking about the gender pay gap "icky".
The ‘Captain America: Civil War’ actress is "proud" to make as much money as male Hollywood stars, but finds it "obnoxious" discussing the issue from a personal perspective, rather than wage inequality throughout society.
She said: "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."
The 31-year-old beauty – who has a 19-month-old daughter, Rose Dorothy, with husband Romain Dauriac – also slammed planned cuts to non-profit reproductive services organisation Planned Parenthood.
She told the new issue of America’s Cosmopolitan magazine: "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 (Planned Parenthood’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."
Scarlett Johansson: Pay gap talk is ‘icky’
