http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-04/australians-still-not-used-to-a-female-pm-...Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australians are still getting used to the idea that she is "not a man in a suit".
Ms Gillard addressed the Foreign Correspondents Association today about the economy and the Asian century and also the trip she will make tomorrow to China.
She was asked if she believed hostility towards her by the media and some politicians was based on misogyny.
The Prime Minister said she had always been very clear about "calling it out" when she saw sexism but wanted to focus on a broader point about the novelty of having a woman in the job.
"It's not been ever the norm in our nation before for people to wake up in the morning and look at the news and see a female leader doing this job," she said.
"For all of the years before you would see a man in a suit.
"I am not a man in a suit.
"I think that that has taken the nation some time to get used to. I think it's probably still taking the nation a bit of time to get used to."
Ms Gillard said she has had some "uncomfortable moments" in the role but predicted it would get easier for future female leaders.
"I feel one of the things that will certainly happen, having had the first female prime minister, is it's going to be easier for the second, and then it's going to be easier again for the third, and then everybody will get over it and forget about it and no-one will even bother to comment on whether the images of leadership in our nation that particular year are images of female leadership or male leadership," she said
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