Halle Berry encourages her son Maceo, 7, to challenge gender stereotypes

Halle Berry encourages her seven-year-old son, Maceo, to challenge gender stereotypes – and she has been doing this since she was five.

The Oscar-winning actress, 54, shares Maceo with Olivier Martinez and said: ‘I realized what my job is in creating it. If we want a different future, this is where it begins.

‘You got me thinking about how many conversations I’ve had with him, say, since he turned five, about the differences between boys and girls, and I see how he taught him to feel superior, at five, than girls are .

Lessons: Halle Berry encourages her seven-year-old son, Maceo, to challenge gender stereotypes – and has been doing so since he was five

‘I really had to break it down for him and give him a new perspective, challenge those thoughts and ask him to identify where it comes from, and whether he believes it or not and to challenge what he is unconsciously getting from somewhere.

‘I can say that because we are having these conversations, he will grow as a profound thinker on the subject. He will be determined not to just accept. ‘

Halle was speaking on the panel of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, entitled Women Breaking Barriers: A Change in the Industry, as part of the Sundance Film Festival.

Loving: Halle is a mother to daughter Nahla, 12, and Maceo, seven [pictured in 2018]

She said: ‘I can say that because we are having these conversations, he will grow as a deep thinker on the subject. He will be determined not to just accept ‘

Speaking virtually, she continued: ‘I keep challenging you all the time, like’ Well, why is that a ‘girl color’? “

Halle also revealed that she discusses the issue of sexism with her two sons – she shares her 12-year-old daughter Nahla with Gabriel Aubry.

She talked about how black women are fighting for equality in Hollywood after major social movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter.

Equality: she admitted that it is “painful” that she is still the only woman of color to win the Oscar for Best Actress [pictured accepting the gong in 2002]

The movie star – who won the coveted gong for his performance in Monster’s Ball [pictured] – said: ‘The hurt I have is because I really thought that night would mean that soon after that, other women of color, black women, would be by my side’

She admitted that it is “heartbreaking” that she is still the only woman of color to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

The movie star – who won the coveted gong in 2002 for his performance on Monster’s Ball – said: ‘The sadness I have is because I really thought that night would mean that soon after that, other black women would be by my side.

‘It’s been 20 years and nobody has done it, so every time the Oscars come, I get very reflective and think,’ Well, maybe this year, maybe this year. ‘

‘It became heartbreaking that no one else was there.’