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Well, I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a prime minister.

For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell me how much it means to them to have a woman in the top job in politics in Scotland.

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.

Women politicians take their job seriously and accomplish their duties diligently and sensitively. Only they can understand the problems of women and act as a sounding board for their concerns.

So many women don't have voices in their governments.

I look forward to the day when there are more women politicians accepted in their own right and not as 'women politicians.'

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.