It's time to stop the vile vitriol about Prime Minister Julia Gillard

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It's time to stop the vile vitriol about Prime Minister Julia GillardPAUL SYVRET THE COURIER-MAILJUNE 18

LAST week the man likely to be federal treasurer come September fired off, in part, the following Tweet about Prime Minister Julia Gillard: "She has never deserved respect and will never receive it."

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Unlike the personal vilification and denigration of our Prime Minister, however, it is the stuff that tends to stay where it belongs in the nether regions of the blogosphere.

Which is what makes Julia Gillard and the big smear all the more depressing and extraordinary - so much so that it is now making international headlines like this one over the weekend: "Treatment of Julia Gillard shows extent to which sexism is tolerated in Australia".

The sub-head in The Irish Times newspaper reads: "Prime Minister is attacked relentlessly in contemptible, offensive terms".

"It is almost impossible to picture all of the above (abuse) happening in most other modern countries," the newspaper says. "Can you imagine the outcry if, for instance, a political rival had stood in front of signs calling (former Irish politician) Mary Harney a (edited:rhymes with witch)   or if a menu had referred to her genitalia?"

read in full :http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/its-time-to-stop-the-vile-vitriol-about-prime-minister-ju...

don't we look good ?

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add another. . 

ditto

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Can you imagine the likes of Carmen Lawrence or Margaret Thatcher or Benazir Bhutto whinging "oh they don't like me 'cos I'm a woman".

Are/were they subjected to sexists jibes in their own countries?

WA is still part of Australia am3, although I think Barnett is all in favour of secession.

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Can you imagine the likes of Carmen Lawrence or Margaret Thatcher or Benazir Bhutto whinging "oh they don't like me 'cos I'm a woman".

Are/were they subjected to sexists jibes in their own countries?

None had to put up with such a barrage of sexist carp JG has to cope with.  Lots of people hated Maggie (and still do), but she had a comfortable majority, JG has to deal with a hung parliament.

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Margret Thatcher would have pleased some....she denied her gender so much that she ended up leaving many women worse off .I can't admire her though I can understand why some hold her up as the perfect example of a female PM...even her funeral 'carried out according to her wishes' cost her struggling Country heaps .