Media and entertainment play such a key role in how women and girls see themselves.
Its important that we see to it they are portrayed as they are in real life.
There are women at NASA, in Congress, and on the Supreme Court.
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Womanhood is everything thats inside of you.
Its hard to accept being a role model for women when youre trying to lose weight, she joked.
Ive always discovered the heart of my characters, I guess, by asking Why?
I gotta lose weight.
I gotta learn how to walk like Kerry Washington in heels.
I gotta lose my belly.
And then I asked myself, Well, why do I have to do all of that?
The crowd erupted with applause at the sentiment.
I am not going to come into yours.
Watch Davis full speech above.
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