This past week, Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Kentucky's 6th District. Whether it's her commitment to serving the country, being an active member in local politics, and balancing her professional life with her family and three young children, this woman, as will be more extensively discussed later, is overly qualified for a Congressional position.

That being said, the breaking news of her seeking the nomination attracted a certain type of "trolling" that every woman in power has coped with - an attack based solely on their looks.

For example, Hillary Clinton, unfeminine and unpresidential because she likes to wear pantsuits. Michelle Obama, too athletic for a "soft" role like First Lady. Melania Trump, a poor role model because of leaked nude photographs. Sara Huckabee Sanders, never smiles and always looks like she's in a bad mood. My point is, these attacks are baseless and have nothing to do with how these women perform their jobs. Conservatives AND Liberals, this is not acceptable in the age of feminist progression. Attacking a woman because she does not fit into your standard of "beauty" is not only hurtful to these women, but it's dangerous for young girls who are discouraged by the constant bullying and trolling they see in the comments online.

Now back to Amy McGrath. In terms of her education, she's graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, received her master's from John's Hopkins, and has a certificate from Georgetown. In short, she's no dummy. She has dedicated over twenty years of her life serving in the U.S marines and achieved her life-long dream of serving as the first woman F/A-18 fighter pilot. In short, she's badass. And after all that, she's made time to settle down, get married, and have three children.

So what's there to complain about?

In a Facebook article posted by CNN, the initial top comments were utterly disgraceful:

To be fair, the top comments since the initial CNN post have changed somewhat to better reflect her qualifications and the subject matter of the article. However, this goes back to my main point, women just can't win. Be too feminine like Melania, get slut shamed. Express a lack of femininity, have your gender identity and sexual orientation in question.

A woman's qualification for a job should not undercut by their pantsuit, their build, the size of their breasts, their smile, or their haircut. It should determined by their ability to do the job. In my opinion, from two minute campaign ad gone viral, McGrath is more qualified than a majority of Congressional members who have forgotten their values, divided the country, and forgotten the most vulnerable.

It's for this reason that I hope I'm proved wrong. I hope that this woman can win and while in the process of winning, encourage other women to take the leap and run for an elected position. It's true that while women are a minority in many elected governmental positions, this is not because they're losing elections, it's because they opt not to run.

This is not to say you should vote for a woman ONLY because she's a woman, but it does mean that if you can put aside the fact that a man like Donald Trump has a bad orange spray tan, that Bernie Sanders is always having a bad hair day, and that Ted Cruz looks slimier than he probably is, you should be able to do the same for a woman.