Julia Gillard, a seasoned Labour politician, was taken aback about the levels of sexism and misogyny she had to deal with - including being accused of being "deliberately barren" because she had decided not to have children, something which she has recently outlined in her book My Story. She spoke to Kirsty Wark.
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