Last week, President Barack Obama talked about street harassment for perhaps the first time publicly… and then this week, it was First Lady Michelle Obama!
“First lady Michelle Obama spoke about her own experiences with sexism during a speech on the power of education and her “Let Girls Learn“ initiative in Argentina on Wednesday….
‘As I got older, I found that men would whistle at me as I walked down the street, as if my body were their property, as if I were an object to be commented on instead of a full human being with thoughts and feelings of my own,’ Obama said. ‘I began to realize that the hopes I had for myself were in conflict with the messages I was receiving from people around me.’
Obama said the comments made her question herself, telling the crowd she had doubts for years, until one day she grew tired of worrying about what others think.
‘I decided not to listen to the voices of those who doubted or dismissed me. Instead, I decided to listen to my own voice,’ she said.”
