Women in Politics - What Was Your Reaction?

"The word that comes to mind for me is balsy. It's a scottish term oslyand in its negative sense, means somebody who's ... bossy and strident," she says. "In the world of politics, it was immediately taken in itsnegative sense and and used as part of the efforts of my political opponents." 'I think lots of young women, i think, encounter in politics and in other walks of life too,' she adds.