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Texan Democrat Wendy Davis says Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election in a "misogynistic climate" and said women in opposition to President Trump have decided to shed their "good girl" behavior.

The former lawmaker from Texas whose 11-hour filibuster against an anti-abortion bill in 2014 shot her to national prominence, said her failed 2014 Texas gubernatorial bid and the 2016 election showed that the U.S., both on the state and national level, still needs to get passed a stigma that women can't lead in an executive role as well as men.

"We have work to do not just in helping to reframe the way men may view women as leaders, but how women view women as leaders, particularly in executive offices," she told Vox.

Davis said she was "devastated" by Clinton's 2016 loss because it would have been a chance to showcase how well a woman could lead.

"Not only did I believe she would win, but I knew she was going to be an extraordinary president, and she was going to leave that legacy of demonstrating how incredibly not just capable, but talented, women can be in those roles," Davis said.

Since the election, Davis noted that she's witnessed an uptick in women speaking out, exhibiting their feminism, pointing to the success of the Women's March on Washington.

"The Women's March was just the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen, and it was a display of this kind of pent-up "good girl" behavior that we've all been up to for a long time, where we've struggled to go along and get along," Davis said. "I think some of us have suffered from the idea that if we navigate our way more subtly through the challenges we face as women, that that will somehow serve our ultimate goal."

She said because Clinton lost in "a misogynistic climate against a candidate who had exhibited tremendous sexism and misogyny." That result, she added, was "like a big cold splash of water in all of our faces that we decided, 'No more being nice.'"

"It's not that we're being ugly now, but we're being much more assertive, and we're not demurring to the idea that this isn't a conversation that we should have, and I'm really encouraged by that," Davis said. "And, while we did not break that glass ceiling that ultimate one we took a big leap forward in moving the gender equality conversation in a powerful way, and I think we're going to sustain it."

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