"We need to change the attitude that punishes women for their sexuality, but gives men a pat on the back for theirs," United States President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. Speaking at the White House, Obama said, "We are going to have to change the way we see ourselves. This is happening already, but we need to be more intentional about it."

"I might be a little grayer than I was eight years ago, but this is what a feminist looks like," he said, according to the Independent. The US president was addressing a gathering of advocates, businesspeople and students at the White House Summit on the United State of Women conference on reproductive health, among other issues related to women. "The emotional, sexual and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl," Obama said quoting Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress.