“I found that men would whistle at me as I walked down the street”
....Riiiiiight.
Posted on 03/23/2016 11:47:06 AM PDT by simpson96
The Obamas are in Argentina after their historic trip to Cuba.
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.
Obama spoke about how she had teachers who “would call on the boys instead of the girls, even though the girls had better grades,” and would ask her brother about his career ambitions while asking her what kind of man she wanted to marry.
"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.
Obama previously spoke about her experiences with sexism on International Women’s Day, saying that "like most women, I know what it feels like to be overlooked."
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“I found that men would whistle at me as I walked down the street”
....Riiiiiight.
“...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,”
I’m sure all those Argentinian men will instantly alter their world-famous behavior.
I have never taken being whistled at as an insult.
If she was so concerned about sexism, she would be loudly criticizing Muslim men instead of something so mundane as to who got called on in grammar school.
You’re demeaning dogs now. Stop it! Dogs are far superior to moochie.
dogwhistle
I don’t think they were whistling at her as such, but warning people in her path that there was hostile incoming.
Too late, all but the brain dead leftists know what you are.
WTH is wrong with you - no BARF alert?!!!
The Mooch also served on many boards of directors in and around Chicago while her husband twisted arms. Two board members I personally know claim she was a real idiot who knew it and said very little while rarely being present at meetings.It was clear she was just there to get paid and it was merely a cost of doing business in Chicago.
That’s a man, baby...
A new movie script! “Worst of Show”
Excellent post sir. I laughed rather heartily.
Actually I was envisioning something more like:
...is that wrong?
LOL. Mea culpa.
impossible to overlook a wookie
All these feelings and she married Barack?
I laughed at this, I really did. Maybe it was in the Castro district of San Francisco, where "chicks with d\cks" are common.
Let's be perfectly frank: it was born a man.
I'm surprised she didn't pull their arms out of their sockets.....
Pardon my ignorance: what were Joan Rivers’ revelations ?
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