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| Julia Gillard urges Americans of all parties to defend Hillary Clinton against sexism | |
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| The former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has urged Americans to call out sexism against the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. | The former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has urged Americans to call out sexism against the Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. |
| Gillard touches on her own experiences in a piece for the New York Times after attending a forum on women in leadership at the Democratic national convention. | Gillard touches on her own experiences in a piece for the New York Times after attending a forum on women in leadership at the Democratic national convention. |
| She writes of being branded a witch and a bitch in posters during an anti-carbon tax rally and a call by broadcaster Alan Jones for her to be put in a chaff bag and dumped at sea. | She writes of being branded a witch and a bitch in posters during an anti-carbon tax rally and a call by broadcaster Alan Jones for her to be put in a chaff bag and dumped at sea. |
| “I have often reflected how powerful it would have been if, at that moment, a male business leader, especially one who opposed my policies, said, ‘I may not support the prime minister politically, but Australia must not conduct its democratic debates this way,’ ” Gillard writes. “Unfortunately, that never happened.” | “I have often reflected how powerful it would have been if, at that moment, a male business leader, especially one who opposed my policies, said, ‘I may not support the prime minister politically, but Australia must not conduct its democratic debates this way,’ ” Gillard writes. “Unfortunately, that never happened.” |
| She writes about being asked what advice she has for Clinton as she seeks to become the first female leader of the US. | She writes about being asked what advice she has for Clinton as she seeks to become the first female leader of the US. |
| “I’m not egotistical enough to think that the most qualified and prepared presidential candidate the United States has ever seen needs my advice on policy,” she writes. | “I’m not egotistical enough to think that the most qualified and prepared presidential candidate the United States has ever seen needs my advice on policy,” she writes. |
| But not even Clinton was immune to what Gillard called “the curious question of gender”. | But not even Clinton was immune to what Gillard called “the curious question of gender”. |
| “She knows what it’s like to be the subject of the stereotype that a powerful woman cannot be likeable; that if she is commanding then she must be incapable of empathy.” | “She knows what it’s like to be the subject of the stereotype that a powerful woman cannot be likeable; that if she is commanding then she must be incapable of empathy.” |
| Many young women hoping for political careers were counting on such sexism to be rebuffed, Gillard writes. | Many young women hoping for political careers were counting on such sexism to be rebuffed, Gillard writes. |
| “Mrs Clinton should not have to deal with this alone. Every Democrat, every Republican, every person who believes that women and men are equal should call out any sexism.” | “Mrs Clinton should not have to deal with this alone. Every Democrat, every Republican, every person who believes that women and men are equal should call out any sexism.” |