Prime Minister Julia Gillard's appeal for women to vote for Labor -- most notably through the Women for Gillard group, launched yesterday -- is a rather desperate attempt to exploit the gender tensions that exist in our society. Her misogyny speech last August was clearly delivered with passionate anger and became a worldwide hit, as many women shared her experiences and cheered her.
Cox to Gillard: take gender distractions off the menu
Feminist scholar Eva Cox argues the Women for Gillard campaign is a divisive distraction -- and the Prime Minister's attacks on Tony Abbott over abortion are a "red herring".
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