MORGAN: Sharon, would the world be a less dangerous, less warmongering place if more women ran countries?
STONE: I think that maybe it is a better question for you to answer as a man.
MORGAN: I'm going to say it probably would be, actually. I think women by nature are not warmongers. They are by nature more peaceful than men in that sense. And it's interesting to me when we see a lot of women taking up a big company, but there aren't many world leaders that are women, still.
STONE: I think that when we looked at how well Mrs. Clinton did her role, and how successfully she moved from nation to nation, coutry to country, we looked at women and how successful and powerful that can be.
MORGAN: Marianne, would it be different for America as this great world super power still if Harry Clinton became president in 2016, and she may will.
WILLIAMSON:: Well, when it comes to her support of women and children, her speaking about economic empowerment of women, educating children particularly girls around the world, obviously, she's standing for a feminine perspective.
But with Mrs. Clinton as well as with other women. You were talking about world leaders, Mrs. Thatcher, not everyone's woman just because she's a women, she is anti-corporate or anti-supporter of the military-industrial's complex. It takes more than just a female body to really stand for feminine values.
MORGAN: What about the way that women and men portray when they do the same thing. For example, David Beckham, right? Takes his shirt off for some big commercial, everyone thinks he's fantastic, women love it, men love it, it's all great.
Somebody like Miley Cyrus takes her clothes off in a big Papa Ben, in a reinvention from child star to adult-teen pop star, now a 20-year old pop star. And everyone goes mad, says it's completely outrageous.
Is that still unfair?
WILLIAMSON: Well, for me, it shows a little bit of the difference between erotica and pornography. You can have a beautiful picture of a female body, a beautiful actress or beautiful model. They could be beautiful. And then there's a place where you feel it's usurious, it's gratuitous, it even has an element of violence.
MORGAN: And was Miley into that?
WILLIAMSON: Well, I'm not so much expressing an opinion here. I'm expressing what I think is a legitimate question, which is that when a women presents herself in a way that almost sheapens, in other words, I don't think nudity cheapens a women. I think those can be a beautiful, erotic imagery. But we all know there's a line where we feel there's something going on that does cheap. And I don't think it's how the woman is treated but I think a lot of times, the question is how is a woman treating herself, and then standing up as overall model and in a space that other women are also witnessing.
MORGAN: What do you think, Sharon?
STONE: You know, I think that when we're looking at a pop and rock entertainment, and someone who's pop and rock entertainer, there's a question of this -- of entertainment. And when you're an artist, I think that you can do what your artistry prevails. I think you can follow your vision of your artistry and that that is just the vision of your artistry. This is how I paint my picture. This is how I make my movie. This is how I make my sculpture. And when you are your own product, you're going to have to be willing to take the hit whether people like your product or not.
I think that when you are the singer and the dancer, and your song and dance is criticized the way that she was criticized, that's particular to the fact that she her own product. I think she has a right to demonstrate her performance art in the way that she chooses to. And I think if she chose to do it that way, that's her business.
MORGAN: FEMME is worldwide available for streaming and downloads at www.femmethemovie.com. Thank you both very much indeed.
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