The Prime Minister has said that when she sits down for talks with Donald Trump she will be making the "biggest statement" about the role of women in the world.
Theresa May will become the first world leader to meet the President when she travels to the US later this week for talks.
She said she "won't be afraid" to tell Mr Trump when she finds things "unacceptable".
However, she refused to be drawn on whether she would use the occasion to tackle him over his "misogyny" after protests by millions of women all over the world in the wake of his inauguration.
Mrs May said: "I have already said that some of the comments that Donald Trump has made in relation to women are unacceptable, some of those he himself has apologised for...
"When I sit down I think the biggest statement that will be made about the role of women is the fact that I will be there as a female Prime Minister, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, directly talking to him about the interests that we share."
She told the Andrew Marr Show she was "proud to be only the second female Prime Minister that the UK has had", and added: "I will be talking to Donald Trump about the issues that we share, about how we can build on the special relationship.
"It's the special relationship that also enables us to say when we do find something unacceptable."
The Prime Minister had already condemned lewd comments made by the President in an interview with Sophy Ridge on Sky News earlier this month.
On Saturday, women all over the world staged protests to make a stand for women's rights, including thousands who surrounded the US embassy in London and marched to Trafalgar Square.
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Mrs May indicated on Sunday that a free trade deal, NATO and defeating terrorism would all be on the table for discussion during her meeting with Mr Trump on Friday.
She also said she would like to welcome the President to the UK later this year, although it would be for Buckingham Palace to confirm a state visit.
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