What Would a World Without Sexism Look Like? 26 Women Sound Off

Glamour asked 25 women to imagine what would happen if the sexism that’s held us back for centuries just…disappeared. What if it evaporated? What would our lives be like then? From Melinda Gates to Taraji P. Henson to Kate Upton to three 2020 presidential candidates, here’s what they came up with. “If sexism didn’t exist, my daughter would never have had to learn that women are considered second-class citizens in the world. As it was, she first learned about sexism at four years old while watching Mulan with me—when a male character yells at Mulan, ‘Girls can’t be in the army!’ She was so stunned and wounded she could barely choke out a question: ‘Why can’t girls be in the army?!’ So yes, when I told her that was in the past, that girls can be anything now? More that anything else, I wish that that had been true.” Read More…