--- description: Find out what Ivanka Trump said about her father in Germany and tell us whether you think your father is a feminist. title: Ivanka Trump Says Her Dad Champions Women. What About Your Own Father? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fcbb57eeff9e0b0/6988ca81fb4eacb73b891ae6/ivanka-trump-father-feminism.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ivanka Trump Says Her Dad Champions Women. What About Your Own Father?  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2017 3:48 PM CUT  BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 25: Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, is seen on stage of the W20 conference on April 25, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The conference, part of a series of events in connection with Germany's leadership of the G20 group of nations this year, focuses on women's empowerment, especially through entrepreneurship and the digital economy. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 25: Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, is seen on stage of the W20 conference on April 25, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The conference, part of a series of events in connection with Germany's leadership of the G20 group of nations this year, focuses on women's empowerment, especially through entrepreneurship and the digital economy. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Sean Gallup—Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2017 3:48 PM CUT _Updated at 10:26 a.m., April 26, 2017_ [Ivanka Trump](http://fortune.com/2017/04/25/ivanka-trump-berlin-summit/ "undefined") got booed after defending her father as an advocate for [women](http://motto.time.com/4565567/donald-trump-women-election/ "undefined") at a panel at the [W20 summit](http://fortune.com/2017/04/24/watch-live-ivanka-trump-germany/ "undefined") in Germany on Tuesday. While being questioned about President Donald Trump’s [views](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html "undefined")of women, the first daughter and White House adviser responded with a line that she [used](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-crude/ "undefined") on the campaign trail: that her father supports women because he has personally championed and empowered her career. “I’ve certainly heard the criticism from the media and that’s been perpetuated, but I know from personal experience, and I think the thousands of women who have worked with and for my father for decades are a testament to his belief and solid conviction in the potential of women,” she said. “As an adviser and as a daughter, I can speak on a very personal level knowing that he encouraged me and enabled me to thrive.” **_Read More:_** [**_Read Ivanka Trump’s Remarks About Her Father and Her White House Role_**](http://time.com/4753986/ivanka-trump-womens-20-summit-berlin-germany-read-transcript/ "undefined") Supporting his daughter or women he paid to work for his business doesn’t make Trump a feminist. He’s made a number of [sexist](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/18-real-things-donald-trump-has-said-about-women%5Fus%5F55d356a8e4b07addcb442023 "undefined") comments and was accused of [sexual misconduct](http://time.com/4530242/donald-trump-sexual-allegations/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") by a number of women (claims which he denies). On one of his first days in office, he [reinstated](http://motto.time.com/4643524/donald-trump-international-abortion-funding/ "undefined") the Mexico City Policy, which bars international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the procedure from receiving federal funds. He supported a health care bill that would have slashed [funding to Planned Parenthood](http://www.npr.org/2017/03/10/519461271/heres-what-the-gop-bill-would-and-wouldnt-change-for-womens-healthcare "undefined") and engaged in discussions about ending a requirement that [mandates](http://motto.time.com/4712211/pence-health-care-photo-women/ "undefined") all insurers cover maternity and pregnancy care. The first daughter has faced [sustained criticism](http://fortune.com/2016/04/13/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-women/ "undefined") for continuously defending her father while also [positioning herself](http://people.com/celebrity/ivanka-trump-launches-fall-2016-womenwhowork-campaign/ "undefined") as an advocate for female empowerment. But she [has](//07EAD97A-9F12-4066-B956-40BDBA9B7FDF/A%2520new%2520study%2520confirms%2520that%2520deciding%2520not%2520to%2520have%2520children%2520takes%2520more%2520of%2520a%2520physical%2520and%2520mental%2520toll%2520on%2520women%2520than%2520men.%2520%2520The%2520research,%2520which%2520was%2520published%2520in%2520the%2520Journal%2520of%2520Sex%2520Research,%2520draws%2520on%252052%2520contraceptive%2520counseling%2520visits%2520with%2520women%2520who%2520said%2520that%2520they%2520did%2520not%2520envision%2520themselves%2520having%2520children%2520in%2520the%2520future.%2520The%2520results%2520show%2520that%2520not%2520only%2520do%2520women%2520shoulder%2520most%2520of%2520the%2520physical%2520responsibility%2520of%2520preventing%2520pregnancy%2520by%2520using%2520some%2520form%2520of%2520contraception,%2520but%2520that%2520they%2520also%2520take%2520on%2520most%2520of%2520the%2520mental%2520and%2520emotional%2520labor.%2520%2522It's%2520not%2520just%2520about%2520having%2520the%2520medication%2520in%2520your%2520body,%2520it's%2520about%2520the%2520time,%2520attention%2520and%2520stress%2520that%2520is%2520associated%2520with%2520it,%2522%2520Dr.%2520Katrina%2520Kimport,%2520the%2520author%2520of%2520the%2520study%25 "undefined") said that she loves her dad and wants to “fully support” him. And Ivanka Trump is not the only political daughter to do so. Earlier this month, [Jenna Bush Hager](http://time.com/4632036/bush-sisters-obama-sisters/ "undefined") called her father, President George W. Bush, a [feminist](http://people.com/babies/jenna-bush-hager-dad-george-w-bush-feminist/ "undefined") because he encouraged her to pursue her dreams and become an independent person. Critics noted that Bush [supported](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jenna-bush-hagers-praise-of-her-dads-feminism-speaks-to-a-common-misconception%5Fus%5F58f62bfae4b0bb9638e69b58 "undefined") anti-feminist policies while president, including the Mexico City Policy and a ban on later-term abortion. Chelsea Clinton has supported her father, President Bill Clinton, through [allegations](http://time.com/4530968/bill-clinton-accusers-tell-their-stories-to-sean-hannity/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") of sexual assault and misconduct (which Clinton has [denied](http://time.com/4341892/presidential-debate-donald-trump-bill-clinton/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")) and his past infidelities. In an [interview](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a52951/chelsea-clinton-gop-hate-speech-scarier-than-attacks-on-hillary-and-bill-clinton/ "undefined") with _Cosmopolitan_ during her mother’s presidential campaign, she brushed off Trump’s attacks on her father. “I find what Donald Trump — and many of the Republicans, because it’s not only Mr. Trump — say about Americans far more troubling than what he says about my parents,” she said. “And people have been attacking my parents my whole life, so maybe I am just inured to that, but I tend to think that people who are at the forefront of progress do attract more negative attention from those who want to protect the status quo.” Outside of the political sphere, [Bill Cosby](http://time.com/3592547/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-timeline/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")’s youngest daughter, Evin Cosby, published an [essay](http://www.blackpressusa.com/nnpa-newswire-exclusive-emotional-evin-cosby-defends-her-father/ "undefined") on Wednesday that said knows her father “loves and respects women” because of his treatment of his female family members. Cosby has been [accused](http://time.com/3592547/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-timeline/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") of sexual misconduct by a number of [women](http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/07/bill-cosbys-accusers-speak-out.html "undefined"), which he [denies](http://time.com/3592547/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-timeline/ "undefined"). He will stand trial in June for allegedly sexually [assaulting](http://time.com/4346387/bill-cosby-andrea-constand-sex-assault-accusation/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") Andrea Constand in 2004\. He has [plead](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/02/27/bill-cosby-wants-outside-jury-for-trial/98473746/ "undefined") not guilty in that case. “He raised me to go to college, start my own business, and be my own woman. He is helping me raise my children and teach them family values. I know that my father loves me, loves my sisters and my mother,” she [wrote](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bill-cosbys-daughter-evin-father-loves-respects-women/story?id=47010005 "undefined"). “He is not abusive, violent or a rapist.” There’s been research to suggest that having daughters can influence men’s views on women. One [study](http://www.nber.org/digest/mar06/w11924.html "undefined") found that male legislators with daughters were more likely to vote “liberally on women’s issues, particularly reproductive rights.” Another found that having daughters [makes](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/having-daughters-rather-than-sons-makes/ "undefined") men more likely to be politically liberal. And men often invoke their daughters when speaking out about sexism. President Barack Obama wrote in an [essay](http://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-exclusive-president-barack-obama-says-this-is-what-a-feminist-looks-like "undefined") for _Glamour_ that raising two daughters made him “more aware of how gender stereotypes pervade our society.” After the release of a 2005 [tape](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.a25136ddae8d "undefined") that showed Trump boasting about how he could do anything he wanted to women, many lawmakers mentioned their daughters in their [statements](http://www.vox.com/2016/10/8/13211114/trump-leaked-tape-billy-bush-paul-ryan-2005-women "undefined") condemning the then-presidential candidate’s remarks. “As the father of three daughters, I strongly believe that Trump needs to apologize directly to women and girls everywhere, and take full responsibility for the utter lack of respect for women shown in his comments on that tape,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell [said](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/mcconnell-trump-must-apologize-for-repugnant-comments-229332 "undefined") at the time. McConnell has his own critics for his treatment of women — most notably after he [silenced](http://motto.time.com/4663885/elizabeth-warren-silenced-senate-sessions/ "undefined") Senator Elizabeth Warren on the Senate floor earlier this year. Most feminists would be thrilled that men want to raise strong, independent daughters and, in turn, become more aware of the pervasive sexism that will inevitably disadvantage their daughters in some way. But they’d also likely argue that supporting and empowering your daughter isn’t the same as supporting and empowering _all_ women. Do you think your father is a feminist? Answer our poll below and reach out to [samantha.cooney@timeinc.com](mailto:samantha.cooney@timeinc.com "undefined") if you’d like to share your own story about your dad. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4753990/ivanka-trump-father-champions-women/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4753990/ivanka-trump-father-champions-women/"},"headline":"Ivanka Trump Says Her Dad Champions Women. 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