Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton have both been two hugely important role models for young women across the world, but just because they are either ceasing to be in the White House or have been unsuccessful in their attempts to get there does not mean that all that all the hard work is undone. She is absolutely right, life is full of defeats but they end up making us stronger.

Hilary Clinton has made a subsequent speech directed at the young women of the world in which she tells them that faith should not be lost. Stark facts that are too many women’s reality. There is no hiding from the stark facts that she discusses. Lloyd-Roberts enabled me to identify with the movement by showing me that my position is so much more fortunate than others. Yes, these are enormous clichés but unfortunately they are true. For women that do not, cannot have a voice yet. The thought that so many women could be supporting him is upsetting. Although I am disheartened to say the least. However, I do not consider it a set back. When the feminist movement has come so far, this could be considered an enormous set back. A man who so blatantly believes that 49.6% of the world’s population are less important, able and capable than the rest because of their gender. Yet why do some many women laugh along when men make sexist jokes? Why is there still a stereotype of a feminist that focuses on a woman’s sexuality? I am posting the today for one enormous reason Donald Trump has been elected the President of the United States. Sue Lloyd- Roberts certainly showed some examples of the wider purpose of feminism that I wanted to be associated with.Ī friend of mine said for a long time ‘Why would you want your boyfriend to be someone who honestly thinks that you are less than him?’ A good question – but one that 15 year olds often could not get their head round because at that time of our lives having a boyfriend is the be all and end all. This is by no means a criticism of those feminists but I needed more than a pop icon. Before I claimed to be a feminist I wanted to take time to consider what the movement meant to me personally rather than hopping onto a band wagon of peers who only identified their feminism with Beyoncé. I have always been surrounded by women who identify as feminists, but haven’t always been convinced that it was for the right reasons.

For this reason when I received ‘The War on Women: and those brave enough to fight back’, written by BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts, I was simply delighted. In order to be given a book the person giving has to know you remarkably well to understand what you would enjoy or rather something that they feel like you need to be exposed to. Books have always struck me as a highly thoughtful gift.

The War on Women by Sue Lloyd-Roberts