''We As Women Have a Really Important Obligation''
4:30PM ET October 8th, 2012
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company

Alicia Keys discussed her reasons for supporting Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Emphasizing the importance for people to support a president that has proven his dedication to women's issues, the Grammy winner shared her thoughts on the president's history and what's best for the country's future.

"I think that we as women have a really important obligation to utilize our voices to stand up for the man who will honor the things that we need as women in this country. We made so much progress over the years--obviously--and there's just no reason to go backwards," Keys told SOHH. "And I personally--obviously I'm an Obama supporter--feel that he really does understand women's issues."

"He's been raised by a super strong woman; he married a super strong woman; he raising two incredibly strong women; so he's personally connected to what is important with women's issues," she added. "I think that's such a big deal to us, we can't just let that go to anyone. We have to be really, really, really focused on making sure that every woman that we know is going out vote for someone that we know know is going to support and continue to encourage us to be and get everything that is our just due. Anything other than that is just not the right thing."