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The speaker begins by emphasizing the unprecedented degree of political and institutional power women now hold. Highlighting figures such as female police chiefs in major cities, majority female law and medical school cohorts, and women occupying significant roles in legislatures, the discourse underscores how society has entered a novel era. Historically, societies with some female leadership existed, but no civilization has ever had women constitute roughly one-third of governmental bodies or senior positions in sectors critical to societal functioning.