As a father of two daughters, he has a clear interest in spreading this message. However, it still counts when the president of the most influential nation in the world writes that more men should be fighting sexism. “We need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure and our boys to be assertive, that criticizes our daughters for speaking out and our sons for shedding a tear,” Obama writes in an essay for Glamour magazine.
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