This video spotlights 12 women who have encountered sexism, both in the workplace and in their day-to-day lives, where certain phrases crop up again and again. Your experiences may be similar. So, if you’ve been told to ‘calm down’, that you’re too ‘angry’ or that your ambitious plans don’t fit in with your employer’s workplace culture, you’re not alone.

Redefining Gendered Labels

Men, and sometimes fellow women, often shut us down with gendered labels. The women in this video have been accused of being too ‘emotional’ when they simply cared; of being a ‘diva’ when standing their ground; of being too ‘loud’ when sharing their opinions. From athletes who have been described as too ‘muscular’ to women who have been taught that their bodily fluids are ‘unclean’, this video takes common sexist phrases and redefines them as empowering words for women.

Women Empowering Women

Join these women in one of the best women’s empowerment videos of the year as Audible delves into the real meanings behind the sexist words and phrases that many people use as insults.

Audible’s female empowerment videos highlight current challenges that we must work through to ensure gender equality in our work and home lives. Here, Audible encourages women to empower each other as we come together to reclaim the words so frequently used against us.