Role Models for All Women?

Emily Heist Moss wrote a great article on why we expect prominent women to be role models for all women:

"Straight, white, privileged men don’t need “role models” in the same way that the queer, non-white, underprivileged, or female populations do. Or rather, they need role models too, but there is no dearth to choose from, so no single man has to fit every bill, and address every issue. Some of you can look up to Einstein, and others to Jefferson. Some to Lincoln, and others to Shakespeare. Some to Tom Brady, others to Warren Buffett. Neither history nor the present has any shortage of successes who look like you. They are not all perfect, but they don’t have to be because they can paint a portrait of success that, collectively, is all-encompassing."