I could probably go on for hours about why I admire First Lady Michelle Obama so much. She's intelligent, driven, caring, passionate, well-spoken. Now, President Obama can give a damn good speech, every speech I hear of his becomes my new favorite, but when Michelle comes on the stage and starts speaking, it's magically moving. I'm not too proud to admit I watched her speech at the DNC this year twice in a row and yelled at my dad in confusion because he somehow didn't think it was the best thing he'd ever heard. This past week she gave a speech at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton that was different from her usual ones this campaign season. She discussed what Trump had said on the 2005 tape that was recently leaked where we can hear him bragging about sexually assaulting women. She so eloquently describes the feeling that women everywhere can relate to, and I strongly recommend watching at least this clip of her speech if you don't understand why comments like these scare us so much. Growing up as a black woman in America I'm sure Michelle Obama has been met with plenty of sexual harassment in her life, just in the eight years she's been First Lady she's been faced with lifetimes of repulsive comments from opponents online. She knows Trump's comments and actions are not an isolated incident, but just one example of men feeling entitled to women's bodies.

"It's like that sick sinking feeling that you get when you're walking down the street, minding your own business, and some guy yells out vulgar words about your body. Or you see that guy at work that stands a little too close, stares a little too long, and makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin. It's that feeling of terror and violation that too many women have felt when someone has grabbed them or forced himself on them and they've said no, but he didn't listen."

There's something both validating and sad in knowing that even the First Lady of the United States has been in situations like these, feeling uncomfortable and violated and angry enough to yell back, but scared that if you do they might do something even worse.

After the tape of Trump was released Kelly Oxford tweeted (t/w: sexual assault) asking women to join her and share the story of the first time they were sexually assaulted to send a message that these are not just words or statistics, but abuses that are happening to real women and girls every day. It can be incredibly difficult for survivors to share their stories, and Michelle Obama understands this and discusses why sometimes women don't speak out about comments and acts they're uncomfortable with, in this case focusing on the rhetoric that has been present throughout Trump's campaign.

"We are drowning in it. And all of us are doing what women have always done. We're trying to keep our heads above water. Just trying to get through it. Trying to pretend like this doesn't really bother us. Maybe because we think admitting how much it hurts makes us as women look weak. Maybe we're afraid to be that vulnerable. Maybe we've grown accustomed to swallowing these emotions and staying quiet, because we've seen that people often won't take our word over his."

We saw this doubt from others come into effect immediately after Trump's accusers decided to step forward and share their stories. Trump, who days earlier had been telling us how important it is to listen to victims who speak up was now calling his accusers unattractive liars. This, along with the fact he said the same thing about Bill Clinton's accusers when they first spoke up years ago, shows that he was just using these women as props for his campaign and has no real respect for them or other victims.

The First Lady ends her speech by emphasizing how important this election is for our children, and for us to make sure we elected a leader that will be a good example for them.

"And how is this affecting men and boys in this country? Because I can tell you that the men in my life do not talk about women like this and I know that my family is not unusual. And to dismiss this as everyday locker-room talk is an insult to decent men everywhere...If we let Hillary's opponent win this election then we are sending a clear message to our kids, that everything they're seeing and hearing is perfectly okay. We are validating it, we are endorsing it. We're telling our sons that it's okay to humiliate women. We're telling our daughters that this is how they deserve to be treated."

She's right, for the next four years the children in our country will be taking in what is said by the President, and if we have a President who judges women's value on their appearance and feels entitled to their bodies, the boys and girls everywhere will grow up to believe this is how they should act. I don't want the girls in our country to grow up and have to deal with another decade of workplace harassment, of being shouted at on the street and followed home, of being scared to say no to boys who ask them out for fear they could be raped or killed. Thank you to Michelle Obama for speaking out against this harmful rhetoric and standing up for the women and girls of our country. Remember what you're voting for this November.