As a woman thrust on to the political stage and baffled by the anger and depth of negative feeling I have been targeted with, Mary Beard's 'Women & Power: A Manifesto' brought me a sense of solidarity, power and determination.
It certainly must have been a relief for women of the country to realize that one could be a woman and a lady and yet be thoroughly political.
Hillary [Clinton] doesn't have a fascinating story to get behind. She doesn't fascinating story to tell. The only thing about Hillary is, you know, "first female president."
In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro made history by participating in the first male-on-female vice presidential debate against George H. W. Bush. What should have been a groundbreaking moment for gender equality in politics became a forum for old gender expectations.
It was impossible for Hillary Clinton to have chosen a path to the White House that bypassed the loathing, jeering derision and gendered stereotyping built on two centuries of male power. What was interesting was how hard she tried to do just that.
In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.
Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.
The power of women in the politics is a soft power. It is a positive change that our country and other countries in the region... are making by giving a chance to women.
I am a woman, a Democrat and a Brown.
I was not going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other women.
I'm an Obama chick.
As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate... as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother.
Hillary Clinton famously embraced the Trump-originated label 'nasty woman' as yet another way to show just how bad Donald Trump was to women.
We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the 'woman's vote' as one and indivisible.
In politics, I am facing a lot of structural sexism.
Politics is a rough game, and sometimes as females we are taught that you have to play nice. Sometimes you can't play nice.
Well, I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a prime minister.
