Theresa May and Julia Gillard: an International Women's Day conversation
A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard
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Perceptions of Male and Female Leadership
I think one thing that has always struck me as a woman in the public eye is that emotion is read differently from male and female leaders. A man who's been sort of moved to tears by a particular event is viewed as showing his compassionate side. A woman moved to tears is at risk of people saying that she's lost it, that she can't take it, that the pressure's broken hurt. And we've seen on the, I mean, we had the Lythonenko issue here. We've seen the Alexander Navalny incident. I don't think anybody can be surprised at anything.
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