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I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.

The world is still sexist.

I'm a realist.

I'm not a sexist. I believe if a man can to go work all his life, a woman can. Who am I to say, 'Don't do that because you're a girl?'

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.

I certainly don't recognise myself as the horrible sexist portrayed in media reports, and I don't think the women who have worked with me throughout my career do either.

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.

I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.

While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.