It is a terrible shame the chief legacy of our first female prime minister seems to be her so-called ‘misogyny speech’ – the sentiment of which certainly resounds with most women. But properly understood, Julia Gillard’s opposition to the then leader of the opposition’s censure motion was inappropriate. The subject matter of the motion, concerning allegations of serious parliamentary workplace sexual harassment by then House Speaker, Peter Slipper, who compared female genitalia to ‘shell-lessmussels’, was before the court.
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