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Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Julia Gillard, the PM of Australia, Talks About Misogyny

Posted on 13:03 by Unknown

Well worth watching, if not for any other reason than because in the US discussing any of this is utterly outside the mainstream politics.  Indeed, polite and courteous presidential debates on domestic policies never even mention women! 

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