Michelle Obama Speaks About Headlines of Girls and Women and Sexual Assault

During former First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech in Hartford, CT on Thursday, she addressed a slew of allegations that have made headlines involving inappropriate sexual behavior. "I can’t tell you how sick it makes me, the more I see the uncovering of the truth that all us women know has been out there, that there is an ugliness there," she told the crowd. She went on to explain that in order for women to gain the strength to speak up for themselves, it's going to take a lot of work. But it's not all on women -- men need to act as allies: "I’m talking to the men out there, who cannot be innocent bystanders and complacent ... watching this happen," she said. FLOTUS44 also spoke about the state of anxiety women constantly live in. "We live in a world ... where young girls are literally in danger of some kind of mess, whether it’s what a man says to us, or how he looks at us, or an opportunity that is taken from us, or somebody who’s got our foot on our necks," she said. "It is such a sad, common existence for women and girls in this country." More here from Glamour.