I always feel better with something hard between my legs, she said while straddling the microphone stand.

I stand before you as a doormat, she continued.

Oh, I mean, as a female entertainer.

ALL CROPS: 628784932 Madonna speaks on stage at the Billboard Women in Music 2016 event on December 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Billboard Magazine)

Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Billboard Magazine

One headline compared me to Satan, she recalled.

Yes, he was.

This was when I understood women do not have the same freedom as men.

Im not here so much because I care about awards, she said.

Im here because I want to say thank you.

It made me the woman that I am today.

True solidarity amongst women is a power on its own.

Read more of Madonnas remarksat Billboard.

The Women in Music ceremony will be televised Dec. 12 on Lifetime.