Despite what anyone thinks of her politics and past mistakes, we all need to stop and take a look at what Hillary Clinton said to "Humans of New York". The "Humans of New York" photo blog, created in 2010 by photographer Brandon Stanton, recently interviewed the Democratic Presidential Candidate and her main topic of discussion was concerning sexism.

Clinton began the interview discussing the differences in communicating with audiences as a woman compared to President Barack Obama, or her husband, Bill Clinton. As she succinctly put it “Women are seen through a different lens.” Meaning, while people perceive both the President and her husband as open and passionate politicians, Clinton must be enthusiastic and reserved.

Those two attributes sound like total opposites right? But still, women and men are held to ridiculous standards to have certain personality traits just because of their gender. To this day, we think of women more as the empathetic, demure gender, whereas men are allowed and encouraged to be ambitious, boisterous go-getters.

And the main problem with these taught personalities is that we are only capable of seeing things one way. Men are the boss, while women are bossy. Women are criticized for being determined, driven and enterprising. If we ever want to evolve as a society, we should just resist labeling individuals.

Clinton’s post also gave insight into her classmates' prejudiced actions when she went to write an exam. Her classmates were irritated and assumed she belonged in a different field of study by commenting “There’s plenty else you can do.” This assumption that society and others know what is best for someone else severely restricts men and women from expressing themselves and living up to their full potential.

Overall to get over that stigma, Clinton had to ignore those who challenged her and learn to control her emotions to be taken seriously. For me personally, I learned from her post in "Humans of New York" that you need to remain strong in the face of sexism and prejudice. And you have to distance yourself from those who only seek to denounce you.