MP says women in politics want 'bad behaviour to stop'

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In four years of federal politics, Nicolle Flint has had a fast lesson in just how entitled some Australians feel when it comes to using sexist language about women in public life

. She has experienced the worst of it – such as highly sexualised slurs daubed on her electoral office window – and the everyday, which includes the relentless focus on women's appearance.

She was delighted to see that her tweet attracted loud support from women across the political spectrum, including many with wildly opposing political views."It's been just amazing," says the government whip and MP for Boothby in South Australia. "My experience this week has been beyond anything that I imagined; the incredible bipartisan support I've received has been so encouraging.

"In the history of Federal Parliament there have only been 132 women to make it to the lower house, compared with 1070 men," she said It's not 'playing the woman card', it's actually calling out disgusting and sometimes dangerous behaviour."And it's not 'playing the woman card' – it's actually calling out disgusting and sometimes dangerous behaviour."

"There's a fair bit of that going on cross-party, its not an uncommon thing for there to be notes and exchanges, Joan Kirner taught [us] the benefit of that ... it's not supposed to be in the media, but a bit more of that happens than you think."

 

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