Obama calls for Cultural Shift to End Gender Inequality . 
President Obama once again declared himself a feminist and said men have a responsibility to fight for gender equality , too . 
In a personal essay for Glamour magazine published Thursday , Obama highlighted the need for a cultural shift as well as policy change to achieve gender equality . 
During his time at the White House , Obama has worked to create policies addressing equal pay for women , continuously defended abortion rights and helped increase access to birth control by expanding insurance coverage to 18 types of contraception through the Affordable Care Act . 
Women and girls of color are also held under a particularly "unforgiving light ," something Obama said he 's learned from Michelle Obama as she has previously noted that she has worried about her behavior in public , and whether she is "too assertive or too ` angry . 
But President Obama is still optimistic about the progress he 's seen for women 's equality during his lifetime , including Hillary Clinton 's historic nomination as the Democratic candidate for president .
President Obama once again declared himself a feminist and said men have a responsibility to fight for gender equality , too . 
In a personal essay for Glamour magazine published Thursday , Obama highlighted the need for a cultural shift as well as policy change to achieve gender equality . 
During his time at the White House , Obama has worked to create policies addressing equal pay for women , continuously defended abortion rights and helped increase access to birth control by expanding insurance coverage to 18 types of contraception through the Affordable Care Act . 
Women and girls of color are also held under a particularly "unforgiving light ," something Obama said he 's learned from Michelle Obama as she has previously noted that she has worried about her behavior in public , and whether she is "too assertive or too ` angry . 
But President Obama is still optimistic about the progress he 's seen for women 's equality during his lifetime , including Hillary Clinton 's historic nomination as the Democratic candidate for president .