11 quotes from Julia Gillard’s interview.

[***super_nova***]

1. On how she chose to conduct herself immediately after losing the Prime Ministership: 

Gillard thought it best to “give a gift of silence to the Labor party throughout the course of the campaign; to do absolutely nothing”.

2. On the key difference between herself and Kevin Rudd:

“I think the key difference is every day I was deputy prime minister I spent all of my time doing everything I could to have the Labor government prosper.”

3. On seeing sexist and offensive cartoons and statements about herself on social media:

She felt not sadness or hurt but, ”more like murderous rage really”.

“For my personal liberty, it’s probably a good thing that I didn’t focus on them… At the end of the day, yes, it happened to me, but it’s not, you know, about me. It’s about all of us, about women and about the kind of society we want to be for all of us.”

4. On playing the so-called ‘gender card’:

“It just amazes me that we can be having this infantile conversation about gender wars, and … you just feel like saying: ‘Well, if it was your daughter and she was putting up with sexist abuse at work, what would you advise her to do?’” Gillard said.

“Because apparently if she complains, she is playing the victim, and playing gender wars, and if she doesn’t complain, then she really is a victim.”

5. On what an average day was like in her job as Prime Minister:

Gillard would go through the papers in the morning, remaking most days to her Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan: “Polls are **bleep**. Papers are **bleep**. Yep, yes they are, Wayne.”

6. On what advice she would give to new Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

“It is a big step from criticising what you think is wrong to working out and implementing what you think is right. On current indications, Prime Minister Abbott is intending to take that step slowly. And for all of us, I think that might well be a good thing.”

7. On whether she would like to see Hillary Clinton run for the American Presidency in 2016:

“Wouldn’t it be fantastic to follow the first African American president, with the first woman president?”

8. On what advice she would give Tony Abbott now that’s he’s brought the women’s portfolio within his own Government department.

“Ask Tanya [Plibersek].”

9. On how she managed to stay motivated in the face of “horrible sexism”:

Gillard first responded to the question, asked by an 11-year-old girl, cautioning: ”I now need to answer [the question] not using words that are inappropriate… How old are you again?”

She continued, “In moments of some, you know, stress and pressure, for example, when I was getting myself together to go out and give my final speech as Prime Minister, I certainly did say to myself that I wouldn’t give those people the satisfaction of seeing me shed a tear – I wouldn’t do that.”

10. On whether she would encourage women to think about pursuing politics:

If she could go back and advise another woman in her own position – about to be the nation’s first female PM – Gillard said she “…would still say to her: do it. Because the benefits of what you get to do are far superior to the burdens”

11. On what it will be like for Australia’s next female Prime Minister:

“I think even people who may not remember me as a good PM, I think for whoever the next woman is, there will be a bit of a pause, breathe, whatever else this female Prime Minister does, we don’t want it to be like that for her again.”

[icyfroth]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

you done yet ?

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erm no...how do you feel about what ppl eat in their lunch breaks?

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that question wasn't to you 

anw; I don't care what other people  eat in their lunch breaks.

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then why this cryptic remark?:

"give her a break Icy,

it's not like she is making an issue about where people eat their lunch at work...it's much much bigger than that lol"

[lurker17260]

The problem with people who don't understand equality is that they don't get that the mans way is not always the best way.

[izabsmiling]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

I wonder if Gillard would come to the defense of Abbott's daughters ater that vile tweet from an ALP supporter that was left on the ABC's Q&A twitter feed for a very long time???? 

To me that is sexist... questioning a womans capability is not sexist... 

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are we in a Court room ? is there is limit on the number of things that are sexist ? What does Julia Gillard have to do with that twitter feed ? Did YOU contact the  ABC about it ?

[j*oono]

Kilroy, when a male PM is depicted in cartoons daily with a pair of fake breasts strapped over his shoulders or a packet of tampons in his suit pocket then maybe we could say that Julia Gillard was treated equally.

[icyfroth]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

I wonder if Gillard would come to the defense of Abbott's daughters ater that vile tweet from an ALP supporter that was left on the ABC's Q&A twitter feed for a very long time???? 

To me that is sexist... questioning a womans capability is not sexist... 

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are we in a Court room ? is there is limit on the number of things that are sexist ? What does Julia Gillard have to do with that twitter feed ? Did YOU contact the  ABC about it ?

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This thread is about sexism. Ms Gillard making speeches about how sexism put her into a murderous rage.
Yet I have seen sexist comments made about Mr Abbot's daughters, who have done nothing wrong, who have helped their father in his political campaign, be villified, right here on CS,  by the very ppl who are crying "sexism" on Ms Gillard's behalf.

For shame.

[kilroy_is_here]

Plenty of poor taste cartoons out there of former male pm and one or two of the current pm in budgy smugglers , if you look hard enough you can find insult in just about anything that goes on in life, personally if prefer to just get on with the job it **bleep** people off much more when they don't get a raise out of you

[debra9275]

Actually Icy, I interpret that a little differently. ,Muderous rage was her response to the offensive, sexist way she was depicted in cartoons. I only ever saw those here on CS, probably because I never went looking for them. what have we come to as a society when we have so little respect for public figures?

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

So lets be frank here, her beloved Labor party got rid of her because she was an abject failure as a leader, nothing to do with her gender.

One thing she has done is put back women ever getting to the top of politics for generations. That's her legacy.

So (a) she wasn't but because she was a but woman

But, (b)   because she is a woman who was dumped she has set back the cause of women in politics for generations. 

Well, you certainly believe that misogyny is alive and flourishing in the corridors of power, don't you.

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Sorry - bluddy touch pad! that should read 

So (a) she wasn'r dumped because she was a woman

But (b) But, (b)   because she is a woman who was dumped she has set back the cause of women in politics for generations. 

Well, you certainly believe that misogyny is alive and flourishing in the corridors of power, don't you.

[poddster]

One thing she has done is put back women ever getting to the top of politics for generations. That's her legacy.

That is just one of many legacies. Add to that the decimation of the Labor party for a few decades and maybe even for ever as a major party.

The NBN White elephant

The Carbon tax that we were not to have under her leadership.

The squandering of billions of taxpayer dollars.

All the 'Jobs for the Boys" commissions and departments that were set up

The gagging of debate.

Well done JOOLYA!!!!

[lynny_oz]

I think the shame belongs to the people who approve of and reproduce disgusting cartoons like this one from the revolting Larry Pickering:

http://pickeringpost.com/cartoon/2085

No sexism? pfft