It's a fantastic speech and it's good that it's getting so much coverage. I'm appalled that it's been met with a trolled response... but should we be surprised? Also, should we read too much into that response (when the general response has been both very positive and widely disseminated)?
I find it interesting that the (re)actions of a minority - and a minority that contains both sexes btw - is used as concluding 'proof' of an imbalance of equity between the two sexes as classes. In my view, the very few people that inhabit the porn and lulz-obsessed world of 4chan etc are not representative in any useful way. However, they are often pushed forward as representing the underlying core beliefs of society and I think that's hugely disingenuous. Which leads me to wonder why that is; to what end are we encouraged to think of a hate-filled pervert lurking in every man's subconscious?
The (predominantly Western) world has taken great strides in terms of equality in a single generation; that should be held aloft as a huge achievement when considered against the centuries of imbedded societal structures. Held aloft and shown to those countries and cultures where such change is lagging behind. Instead, there is a concerted effort to dismiss those achievements and over-state the extreme rather than the norm. Why?
In some way, I suspect this adds to Emma Watson's point: the damaging effects of gender stereotypes are relavant to both sexes. Both... However, that cause is not helped by society (and men in particular) not feeling completely 'onboard' with the feminism. I agree with Emma Watson that many men need to take more of an interest in this issue and participate more. However, I also think it's worth looking at the barriers to men's participation in what needs to be an honest and probably uncomfortable discussion and, in that regard, I think that there are some things that feminists can do too because, at the moment, the only positions available to men are the diametrically opposed; we have the 'feminist' men and we have, for want of a better word, the MRAs and there is no room for the middle ground who will be discouraged by the presence of those former two groups and the intensity and savagery of the debate.
I acknowledge that it is against the principles of many feminists to do this; they will be appalled by the suggestion that they need to make the discussion more open to men's voices. If we acknowledge that there are still problems, however (and I'm guessing that my assessment of outstanding issues is lower than many people's) then we ought to be open to how to deal with them.