I’ve never seen it put so simply and with such empowering routes for change. We could all benefit from understanding this sexy lie and how to change it’s prevalence in our world.

Caroline Heldman, chair of the Politics department at Occidental College, is an incredible speaker and educator. In this Ted Talk, she explains how women and girls are taught to be empowered by sexual objectification, when, in reality, objectification is far from empowering and is in fact detrimental to ones fulfillment and happiness.