Watch: An 11-Year-Old Meghan Markle Shuts Down a Sexist Dish Detergent Ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfaGleA4qYo With her curly hair pulled back into a ponytail and freckles on full display, at 11 years old, Meghan Markle knew sexism when she saw it. In 1993, Markle took on a sexist soap commercial and got a chance to appear on Nick News. Suggested Reading ‘Sinners’ Releases in Black American Sign Language. Here’s…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfaGleA4qYo

With her curly hair pulled back into a ponytail and freckles on full display, at 11 years old, Meghan Markle knew sexism when she saw it. In 1993, Markle took on a sexist soap commercial and got a chance to appear on Nick News.

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The commercial opens with, โ€œWomen all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans,โ€ as if women are the only ones washing dishes. The commercial prompted the young Markle to write the president of Procter & Gamble and suggest that the adโ€™s language be changed to โ€œpeopleโ€ all over America.

โ€œI donโ€™t think itโ€™s right for kids to grow up thinking these things that just Mom does everything,โ€ Markle said. โ€œItโ€™s always โ€˜Mom does thisโ€™ and โ€˜Mom does that.โ€™โ€

And guess what? Eventually the commercial was changed. Watch the clip above.

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