{{Short description|2012 speech by the Australian Prime Minister}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Julia Gillard sidebar}} '''Julia Gillard's misogyny speech''' was a parliamentary speech delivered by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in parliament during Question Time on 9 October 2012 in reaction to the opposition leader Tony Abbott accusing her of sexism.
==Background== ===Sexism against Gillard=== Over the months leading up to this speech, Gillard had been criticised by parts of the Australian media and some members of the opposition Liberal–National coalition based on her status as an unmarried and childless woman.<ref name=":03">{{cite journal| last=Trimble| first=Linda| date=November 2019| title=Julia Gillard and the Gender Wars| journal=Politics & Gender| volume=12| issue=2| pages=296–316| doi=10.1017/S1743923X16000155| s2cid=147439516| doi-access=free}}</ref> One Liberal MP, Bill Heffernan, said she "was unfit for leadership because she was deliberately barren"<ref name="bulletin1">{{cite news|url=http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=264308| title=Heffernan targets 'barren' Gillard| work=The Bulletin| date=1 May 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505022032/http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=264308|archive-date=5 May 2007}}</ref><ref name=":03"/> and another, Sophie Mirabella, said "You won't need his [ex-PM Kevin Rudd's] taxpayer-funded nanny, will you?" regarding her ousting of the previous Prime Minister.<ref>Hein, Tim (22 May 2012). "[https://timhein.com.au/2012/05/22/the-top-10-most-publicised-abusive-comments-about-julia-gillard/ The 10 Most Publicised Abusive Comments About Julia Gilliard]". TimHein.com. Retrieved 23 January 2021.</ref>
Gillard also faced criticism for her actions as leader, reportedly being "characterized as unseemly and unduly brutal for a woman".<ref name=":03"/> Later she would reveal that she was also under constant attack by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, saying "What shouldn't happen in politics is you shouldn't be dragged down by someone who is on your own side..." When asked whether he had been involved in conversations undermining the Labor Party and undermining the government, he refused to answer.<ref>{{cite news| date=24 February 2012| title=Kevin Rudd challenges Julia Gillard for leadership of Australia| url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/24/kevin-rudd-challenge-julia-gillard-australian-leadership| access-date=5 December 2020| newspaper=The Guardian| language=en}}</ref> There were also several instances of "sexist and hateful attacks from anonymous critics" and "a plethora of pornographic and degrading images of the prime minister circulated on web sites, e-mail, and social media".<ref name=":03"/>
===Peter Slipper texts and no-confidence motion=== Gillard's speech was made in response to a no-confidence motion Abbott moved against Peter Slipper, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who had defected from Abbott's Liberal Party in November 2011 to become an independent and accept Gillard's offer of the speakership. This effectively gave Gillard's minority government another vote in the House of Representatives.<ref name="Mussels">{{cite news| last=Farr| first=Malcolm| author-link=Malcolm Farr| title=REVEALED: What Peter Slipper's sexist text messages actually said| url=http://www.news.com.au/national/revealed-what-peter-slippers-sexist-text-messages-actually-said/story-fndo4eg9-1226492172640| publisher=News.com.au|date=9 October 2012| access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>
On 9 October 2012, hundreds of text messages sent by Slipper were made public as part of legal proceedings instituted by his former advisor, James Ashby, who had made allegations of sexual harassment against Slipper.<ref name="Rourke">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/09/speaker-australia-parliament-resign-text-message|title=Speaker of Australian parliament quits over text message row|first=Alison|last=Rourke|date=10 October 2012|access-date=6 November 2024|publisher=Guardian Australia}}</ref> The text messages included numerous instances of "sexist and vulgar language", including a reference to female genitalia looking "like mussell [sic] removed from its shell [...] salty cunts in brine" and a description of Slipper's former Liberal colleague Sophie Mirabella as an "ignorant botch [sic]".<ref name="Mussels"/>
In moving the no-confidence motion, Abbott stated that Slipper's texts were sexist and misogynistic and rendered him unfit to serve as speaker, and implied that Gillard was hypocritical in defending Slipper's continuation as speaker. He stated that her government was "only too ready to detect sexism – to detect misogyny, no less – until they find it in one of their own supporters, until they find it in someone upon whom this Prime Minister relies to survive in her job".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/julia-gillard-misogyny-speech/8r2ue1lt9|title=Why people are still talking about 'that' Julia Gillard speech 10 years on|first=Charis|last=Chang|publisher=SBS News|date=6 October 2022|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref> Abbott stated that every day Gillard supported Slipper was "another day of shame for a government which should already have died of shame".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/died-of-shame-focus-on-abbotts-use-of-controversial-phrase-20121010-27cgd.html| first=Stephanie| last=Gardiner| date=10 October 2012| title='Died of shame': focus on Abbott's use of controversial phrase| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref>
==Speech contents== {{Rquote|right|I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man; I will not.....If he [Abbott] wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror. That's what he needs.|Gillard<ref>{{cite news| date=19 October 2012| title=Transcript of Julia Gillard's speech| url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/transcript-of-julia-gillards-speech-20121010-27c36.html| access-date=5 December 2020| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> }} Speaking in response to Abbott's motion against Slipper, Gillard accused Abbott of hypocrisy by using accusations of sexism and misogyny to attack her. Gillard said that "every day in every way" Abbott was sexist and misogynist himself.<ref name=slipper>{{cite news| title=Coalition fails to oust Slipper| url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/coalition-fails-to-oust-slipper-20121009-27a2g.html| access-date=9 October 2012| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=9 October 2012| first1=Judith| last1=Ireland| first2=Jessica| last2=Wright}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Gillard labels Abbott a misogynist| url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-09/julia-gillard-attacks-abbott-of-hypocrisy/4303634| access-date=9 October 2012| date=9 October 2012| publisher=ABC News|location=Australia| format=video}}</ref> She linked Abbott's motion to remarks made by Alan Jones in the then-recent Alan Jones shame controversy where the broadcaster said that Julia Gillard's father had died of shame because of his daughter's lies.<ref name="NewYorker20121009">{{cite magazine| last=Lester| first=Amelia| title=Ladylike: Julia Gillard's Misogyny Speech| url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/10/julia-gillards-misogyny-speech.html| access-date=20 January 2013| magazine=The New Yorker| date=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="NYT20121011">{{cite news| last=McDonald| first=Mark| title=Australian Leader Unleashes Blistering Speech| url=http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/gillards-blistering-speech-a-model-for-obama/| access-date=20 January 2013| newspaper=The New York Times| date=11 October 2012| url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Within the speech, Gillard noted a number of statements Abbott had previously made. In an interview Abbott had said, "If it's true, Stavros [the interviewer], that men have more power generally speaking than women, is that a bad thing?" When another person present at this interview stated they wanted their daughter to have as much opportunity as their son, Abbott responded, "Yeah, I completely agree, but what if men are by physiology or temperament, more adapted to exercise authority or to issue command?" Gillard also said that in March 2004, Abbott stated, "Abortion is the easy way out" and that he had stood next to anti-Gillard sign prominently containing the words "ditch the witch".<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/transcript-of-julia-gillards-speech-20121010-27c36.html| title=Transcript of Julia Gillard's speech| date=9 October 2012| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| language=en| access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref>
==Reactions==
Gillard said of the speech in 2020:
<blockquote>"I thought it was a forceful speech because the opposition leaders had dropped their heads during it. But I had no sense of how it was going to resonate outside the parliamentary chamber. Afterward, when I sat back in my chair, my deputy prime minister, Wayne Swan, had this odd expression on his face and said, "You can't give that kind of ''j'accuse'' speech and then sit down." Then the leader of the house, Anthony Albanese, said, "Oh, I felt sorry for Tony Abbott. By the time we'd been released from the debate and I'd walked back to my office, phones were ringing, and people were sending emails. But it was only over the next few days that it was reported around the world".<ref>{{cite news| last1=Harmon| first1=Steph| last2=Siddeek| first2=Amaani| date=2020-02-07| title='It took on a life of its own': the story behind Julia Gillard's misogyny speech| language=en-GB| work=The Guardian| url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/07/it-took-on-a-life-of-its-own-the-story-behind-julia-gillards-misogyny-speech| access-date=2020-12-05| issn=0261-3077}}</ref> </blockquote>
The speech was criticised by some Australian journalists but attracted widespread interest and positive attention in feminist blogs and social media. Expat Chloe Angyal wrote for Britain's ''The Guardian'' that the speech tackled "sexism head-on" and was a "masterful, righteous take-down"<ref>{{cite news| last=Angynl| first=Chloe| title=It's good to see Julia Gillard tackle sexism head-on| newspaper=The Guardian| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/09/julia-gillard-tackle-sexism| access-date=11 October 2012| date=9 October 2010}}</ref> and similar opinions were expressed by other expatriate Australian journalists.<ref name=NewYorker20121009/><ref>{{cite news| last=Attard| first=Monica| author-link=Monica Attard| title=Australia's prime minister comes out swinging in sexism row| url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/10/world/asia/australia-gillard-sexism-row/index.html| publisher=CNN| access-date=11 October 2012|date=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Gillard, Australia Prime Minister, Launches Blistering Attack on Sexism During Parliament Speech| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/julia-gillard-sexism-speech_n_1952231.html| work=Huffington Post| access-date=11 October 2012|date=10 October 2012}}</ref> Britain's ''Daily Telegraph'' women's editor said that Gillard had cleverly shifted the focus of the news story with "an impressive set of insults".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/julia-badass-gillard-slipper-resignation-just-a-sidebar-20121010-27c0g.html| title=Julia 'badass' Gillard: Slipper resignation just a sidebar| date=10 December 2012| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| first=Stephanie| last=Gardiner| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725111017/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/julia-badass-gillard-slipper-resignation-just-a-sidebar-20121010-27c0g.html| archive-date=25 July 2013}}</ref> Within a week, a YouTube version of the speech had one million views.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/shortsighted-see-hate-at-every-turn-20121015-27mx9.html| title=Short-sighted see hate at every turn| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| first=Gerard |last=Henderson| date=16 October 2012| archive-date=18 October 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018054012/http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/shortsighted-see-hate-at-every-turn-20121015-27mx9.html}}</ref> {{as of|2026|04}} the ABC news video has four million views.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd7ofrwQX0| title=Julia Gillard's "misogyny speech" in full| date=8 October 2012| via=YouTube| access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> The context of the Labor Party's support for Peter Slipper, however, meant that commentary from domestic journalists was far more critical, with Michelle Grattan writing "it sounded more desperate than convincing", Peter Hartcher that Gillard "chose to defend the indefensible" and Peter van Onselen that the government had "egg on their collective faces".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/10/gillard-fires-up-slipper-fired-the-pundits-verdict/| title=Gillard fires up, Slipper fired: the pundits' verdict| first=Sally| last=Whyte| date=10 October 2012| journal=Crikey}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=Holmes| first=Jonathan| title=The speech that burst the press gallery's bubble| url=http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3611115.htm| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231173508/http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s3611115.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=31 December 2012| work=Media Watch| date=15 October 2012| access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> The public reaction was also polarised: approval ratings of Gillard and Abbott both improved following the speech.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/pm-has-slight-edge-after-sexism-row-poll/story-fn3dxiwe-1226496475120| title=PM has slight edge after sexism row: poll| agency=Australian Associated Press| newspaper=The Australian| location=Surry Hills| date=15 October 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015111346/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/pm-has-slight-edge-after-sexism-row-poll/story-fn3dxiwe-1226496475120| archive-date=15 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation| url=http://essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport| title=Federal politics – voting intention| date=5 August 2013| website=Essential Vision| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812104609/http://essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport| archive-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>
Gillard told media that she had been approached by world leaders who congratulated her on the speech at the 2012 Asia-Europe Meeting, including French President François Hollande and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.<ref>{{citation|title=World leaders praise Gillard sexism speech at ASEM |date=8 November 2012 |url=http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/news/news-from-australia/australia-world-news/world-leaders-praise-gillard-sexism-speech.htm |journal=Australian Times |access-date=21 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021105724/http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/news/news-from-australia/australia-world-news/world-leaders-praise-gillard-sexism-speech.htm |archive-date=21 October 2013 }}</ref> Gillard told press that United States President Barack Obama had mentioned her speech when she phoned to congratulate him for his victory in the 2012 United States election.<ref>{{cite news| title=Now it's Obama's turn to praise Gillard speech|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| first=Phillip| last=Coorey| date=10 November 2012| url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/now-its-obamas-turn-to-raise-gillard-speech-20121109-293di.html| access-date=21 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/obama-aware-of-misogyny-speech-20121109-293il.html| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| first=Michelle| last=Grattan| author-link=Michelle Grattan| date=10 November 2012| title=Obama aware of misogyny speech}}</ref> Two years after the speech, Hillary Clinton said that Gillard had "faced outrageous sexism", and that she found the speech very striking.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2014/s4026461.htm| work=7:30 with Leigh Sales| first=Sarah| last=Ferguson| author-link=Sarah Ferguson (journalist)| date=16 June 2014| title=Hillary Clinton says 'no place for sexism in politics'}}</ref>
===Abbott's response=== Annabel Crabb reported on the misogyny speech in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' at the time saying that "Sexism is everywhere in politics – you just have to count the examples that have cropped up this week once everyone suddenly started to care about it." She thought that "Abbott has been guilty of sexism, and at times extreme dopiness, with respect to women. But a deep and unswerving hatred of women, ''every day, and in every way''? It's not a case I'd prosecute," but also that "you might feel sympathy for the Opposition Leader, if he hadn't spent the past two years calling the Prime Minister an inveterate, instinctive and pathological liar." She also reported that a comedian made a joke the next night about Tony Abbott and his female Chief of Staff, at a minister-attended Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union dinner at Australian Parliament House, but no complaints were raised till the next day when Julia Gillard later reprimanded the CFMEU Boss.<ref>{{cite news| last=Ireland| first=Judith| date=11 October 2012| title=Gillard phones union boss over 'offensive' joke| url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/gillard-phones-union-boss-over-offensive-joke-20121011-27erg.html| access-date=2020-12-05| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Crabb| first=Annabel| date=13 October 2012| title='Misogyny' misses the real malady| url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/misogyny-misses-the-real-malady-20121013-27jn4.html| access-date=2020-12-05| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| language=en}}</ref>
In September 2013, ahead of the 2013 federal election, Abbott discussed the speech with Annabel Crabb on her TV show ''Kitchen Cabinet'', saying, "it was a very unfair speech, I thought, and it was a completely invalid speech in terms of responding to the issue of that day; it was just an invalid thing to say. But look, politics is about theatre and at the time I didn't think it was very effective theatre at all. But plainly it did strike a chord in a lot of people who had not followed the immediate problem that had brought on that particular parliamentary debate."<ref>{{cite episode | title = Tony Abbott| url =http://www.abc.net.au/tv/kitchencabinet/pages/s3839837.htm| series=Kitchen Cabinet| credits=Presenter: Annabel Crabb| network = ABC Television| station = ABC1| airdate = 4 September 2013| season = 3| number = 7}}</ref>
=== Gillard's remarks === Gillard explained the speech to ''The Guardian'''s Gabrielle Chan remarking "I thought after everything I have experienced, I have to listen to Tony Abbott lecture me about sexism", and that it was this "That gave me the emotional start to the speech and once I started, it took on a life of its own." Additionally she felt she was receiving "the burden but none of the benefits" as being the first female Prime Minister of Australia.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/30/julia-gillard-explains-misogyny-speech|title=Julia Gillard explains 'misogyny speech'|last=Chan| first=Gabrielle| date=2013-09-30| newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=2019-03-07| language=en-GB| issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
===Perceptions of hypocrisy=== Gillard's speech was criticised as hypocritical by some because earlier in the day the Labor Party had passed legislation cutting welfare benefits to single parents, almost all of whom were single mothers.<ref>{{cite web| last=Cox| first=Eva| title=Prejudiced policymaking underlies Labor's cuts to single parent payments| website=The Conversation| date=17 October 2012| url=https://theconversation.com/prejudiced-policymaking-underlies-labors-cuts-to-single-parent-payments-10151| access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Passant| first=John| title=How the poor are shunted into deeper poverty just for political capital| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=4 January 2013| url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/how-the-poor-are-shunted-into-deeper-poverty-just-for-political-capital-20130103-2c74b.html| access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Bid to Delay Single Parent Cut Fails| publisher=ABC News|location=Australia| date=9 October 2012| url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-09/bid-to-delay-single-parent-cut-fails/4303418| access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref> In ''Overland'', Stephanie Convery wrote: "Standing up for women's rights is not just about calling sexism for what it is. It's about agitating for specific change... I don't care how many sharp speeches she makes: her government is making life for some of the most vulnerable women in Australia even harder than it already is, and I want no part in it."<ref>{{cite journal| last=Convery| first=Stephanie| title=On that parliamentary smackdown| journal=Overland| date=10 October 2012| url=https://overland.org.au/2012/10/on-that-parliamentary-smackdown/| access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref> In ''Crikey'', Shakira Hussein wrote "I will not be lectured on sexism or misogyny by Julia Gillard on the very day that she has driven so many women deeper into poverty."<ref>{{cite journal| last=Hussein| first=Shakira| title=Pooping Gillard's Party| journal=Crikey| date=10 October 2012| url=https://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/10/10/pooping-gillards-party/| access-date=31 May 2018| archive-date=2 April 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402051752/https://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/10/10/pooping-gillards-party/| url-status=dead}}</ref> Many single mothers interviewed by Anwen Crawford for ''Meanjin'' were similarly critical of the speech's timing.<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Crawford| first=Anwen| title=This Isn't Working: Single Mothers and Welfare| journal=Meanjin| volume=73| number=3| year=2014| url=https://meanjin.com.au/essays/this-isnt-working-single-mothers-and-welfare/| access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
== Impact and legacy == After Gillard's speech went viral, the ''Macquarie Dictionary'' updated its definition of the term "misogyny".<ref>{{citation| title=Gillard's speech prompts misogyny definition rethink |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-17/misogyny-redefined-after-gillard-speech/4317468| access-date=5 September 2013| publisher=ABC News|location=Australia| date=17 October 2012| archive-date=20 August 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820083309/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-17/misogyny-redefined-after-gillard-speech/4317468}}</ref><ref name=OED/> Previously defined as a "hatred of women" by the Australian dictionary, misogyny now encompasses "entrenched prejudice against women".<ref name="Summer's Account">{{cite journal| last=Summers| first=Anne| title=Her rights at work: the political persecution of Australia's first female prime minister| journal=Economic and Labour Relations Review| date=November 2012| volume=23| issue=4| page=115| doi=10.1177/103530461202300409| s2cid=145755087| url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?action=interpret&id=GALE%7CA315070490&v=2.1&u=upitt_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1| access-date=21 October 2013| issn=1035-3046| url-access=subscription}}</ref> Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre in Canberra, Amanda Laugesen, said the broader definition has a long history, with the original ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defining misogyny as "hatred or dislike or prejudice against women" and including examples dating back to the 19th century.<ref name="OED">{{cite news |date=17 October 2012 |title=Misogyny definition to change after Gillard speech |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/misogyny-definition-to-change-after-gillard-speech-20121017-27q22.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018173752/http://www.smh.com.au/national/misogyny-definition-to-change-after-gillard-speech-20121017-27q22.html |archive-date=18 October 2012 |access-date=12 June 2014 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
Australia-born Cornell University philosopher Kate Manne uses Gillard's speech as a central, clarifying example in her 2017 book ''Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny''. In the book, she writes that Gillard's use of the word "misogyny" is the use that has been common among feminists for years. The example of Gillard's speech serves to clarify that misogyny and sexism are distinct concepts, designating two branches of patriarchy: sexism serves to rationalize and justify the patriarchal order, while misogyny polices and enforces patriarchal order, according to Manne.<ref>{{cite book |last=Manne |first=Kate |author-link=Kate Manne |date=2019 |title=Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny |location=Ithaca, New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=78–79 |isbn=978-0190604981}}</ref>
In a 2019 ''Forbes'' article, Gillard said when talking about the reaction to the speech that she felt "that speech helps deal with those frustrations and unlock a little sense of power. It is possible to stand up and name and shame sexism and misogyny", and that women the speech reached felt connected to it because it is similar to how they would wish to respond.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelleking/2019/09/17/julia-gillard-australias-first-female-prime-minister-on-leadership-education-and-the-misogyny-speech/#58b56d6926d1| title=Julia Gillard, Australia's First Female Prime Minister on Leadership, Education and the Misogyny Speech| last=King| first=Michelle| date=17 September 2019| work=Forbes| access-date=1 November 2019}}</ref>
The speech was voted by ''The Guardian'' readers in 2020 as the number one most unforgettable moment in Australian TV history.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/07/julia-gillard-misogyny-speech-voted-most-unforgettable-moment-in-australian-tv-history| title=Julia Gillard's misogyny speech voted 'most unforgettable' moment in Australian TV history| last=Harmon| first=Steph| date=7 February 2020| work=The Guardian| access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> Gillard has expressed belief that the speech overshadowed other work in her political career: "I'm reconciled with it now and I understand that when people are writing things about me – including writing my obituary, hopefully in many years to come – that it's going to feature in there."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-16/julia-gillard-says-misogyny-speech-overshadowed-achievements/11515636| title=Former PM Julia Gillard says misogyny speech overshadowed other achievements| last=Silva| first=Kristian| date=16 September 2019| publisher=ABC News|location=Australia| access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
In 2022, the ''National Film and Sound Archive'' added ''The Misogyny Speech'' to the ''Sounds of Australia'' register for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance".<ref name="o980">{{cite web | title=National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | website=NFSA Sounds of Australia | url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/sounds-of-australia | access-date=2024-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Gore | first1=Charlotte | last2=Roberts | first2=Georgia | title=Julia Gillard's misogyny speech, Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees, Neighbours' theme song named 2022 Sounds of Australia | website=ABC News | date=13 December 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-13/act-national-film-and-sound-archive-2022-sounds-of-australia/101761872 | access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref>
===In the arts=== In November 2013, singer Bronwyn Calcutt performed a sung version, accompanied by a ukulele, to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".<ref>{{cite web | last1=Rogue | first1=Mamamia | title=Misogyny speech made famous by Gillard in song. It's amazing | website=Mamamia | date=11 November 2013 | url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/julia-gillard-misogyny-speech-i-will-survive/ | access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref>
In 2014, the speech was turned into a song, "Not Now, Not Ever!", by Brisbane composer and University of Queensland lecturer Rob Davidson, and sung by The Australian Voices.<ref name=notnow>{{cite web | last=Davidson | first=Helen | title=Julia Gillard's misogyny speech has been turned into a song | website=The Guardian | date=21 March 2014 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/australia-culture-blog/2014/mar/21/julia-gillard-misogyny-speech-turned-into-song | access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{youTube|tpavaM62Fgo|"Not Now, Not Ever!" (Gillard Misogyny Speech)}}, by Australian Voices, 16 March 2014.</ref>
In November 2020, a song titled "Julia Gillard's Misogyny Speech" was released by Sydney punk rockers Scabz as a track on their debut album ''Pressure''.<ref>{{cite web | first=Hayden |last=Davies | title=Album Walkthrough: SCABZ premiere and break down their debut album, Pressure | website=PILERATS | date=2020 | url=http://pilerats.com/music/bands/premiere-album-walkthrough-scabz-pressure/ | access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{youTube|MSqtM89mBdg|Julia Gillard's Misogyny Speech}}, by SCABZ, 27 November 2020</ref>
In 2022, with Gillard's permission, singer Karen Jacobsen composed a pop orchestral work with the words of the speech set to music, titled "Better Standard Than This".<ref>{{cite web | last=Jacobsen | first=Karen | title=The story behind Karen Jacobsen's musical rendition of Julia Gillard's iconic misogyny speech | website=Women's Agenda | date=11 October 2022 | url=https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-story-behind-karen-jacobsens-musical-rendition-of-julia-gillards-iconic-misogyny-speech/ | access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref> The music video features men and women's faces mouthing the words dubbed over with Jacobsen's voice.<ref>{{YouTube|Bi4ZqHg2zMk|Karen Jacobsen - Better Standard Than This (Official Music Video)}} 1 October 2022.</ref>
In 2023, Melbourne band Playlunch released the song ''Tanbark,'' which included exerpts from the speech, and attributed Gillard as a featured artist on the song.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxgT7fz2bxE |title=Tanbark |date=2024-11-05 |last=Playlunch - Topic |access-date=2026-05-05 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
''Julia'', a play by Joanna Murray-Smith about Gillard which culminates in her misogyny speech, was produced by the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) in Sydney in 2023, starring Justine Clarke. A co-production between STC and the Canberra Theatre Centre played in Melbourne and Canberra in mid-2024,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Skidmore |first=Maya |date=17 May 2024 |title=Julia is coming soon to the MTC's Southbank Theatre |url=https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/theatre/julia |access-date=31 July 2024 |website=TimeOut}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Liversidge |first=Sarah |date=5 June 2024 |title=Theatre Review, Julia Southbank Theatre, Melbourne |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews/theatre-review-julia-sydney-opera-house-2626322/}}</ref> and was presented by the State Theatre Company South Australia in August 2024.<ref>{{cite web | title=State Theatre Company South Australia's Production of Julia | website=Broadsheet | date=17 January 2024 | url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/event/julia-state-theatre-company-south-australia | access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref>
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===Transcript and video=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/transcript-of-julia-gillards-speech-20121010-27c36.html|title=Transcript of Julia Gillard's speech|date=10 October 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}} *{{cite AV media |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd7ofrwQX0|title=Gillard labels Abbott a misogynist|date=8 October 2012|publisher=ABC News (Australia)}} *{{cite web|url=http://parlview.aph.gov.au/mediaPlayer.php?videoID=31734&action=backFromDownload&operation_mode=parlview&position=13620|title=Official Australian Parliament video recording|date=9 October 2012|publisher=Parliament of Australia Hansard – PM Gillard's speech commences at timecode 14:42:00}} *{{cite web|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F5a0ebb6b-c6c8-4a92-ac13-219423c2048d%2F0039%22|title=Official Australian Parliament transcript page|date=9 October 2012|publisher=Parliament of Australia Hansard}} {{refend}}
===Selected further media coverage=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite news|title=Julia Gillard surprised by impact of misogyny speech|date=26 July 2013|first=Bianca|last=Hall|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/julia-gillard-surprised-by-impact-of-misogyny-speech-20130726-2qp4q.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=5 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823073208/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/julia-gillard-surprised-by-impact-of-misogyny-speech-20130726-2qp4q.html|archive-date=23 August 2013}} *{{citation|title=Gillard's misogyny speech looks even better than it reads|url=http://theconversation.com/gillards-misogyny-speech-looks-even-better-than-it-reads-10111|date=14 October 2012|first=Katherine|last=Hepworth|access-date=5 September 2013|archive-date=2 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702232728/http://theconversation.com/gillards-misogyny-speech-looks-even-better-than-it-reads-10111|journal=The Conversation}} *{{cite web | last=Hitch | first=Georgia | title='Not now, not ever': 10 years on from the misogyny speech | publisher=ABC News | location=Australia | date=9 October 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-09/julia-gillard-misogyny-speech-10-years-on/101501484 }} *{{citation|title=Emotional power of misogyny speech was lost on Gillard|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/emotional-power-of-misogyny-speech-was-lost-on-gillard/story-fn59niix-1226685257026|newspaper=The Australian|first=Sid|last=Maher|date=26 July 2013|access-date=5 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727023157/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/emotional-power-of-misogyny-speech-was-lost-on-gillard/story-fn59niix-1226685257026|archive-date=27 July 2013}} *{{citation|title=Julia Gillard reveals what she thought when she gave the 'misogyny speech'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/26/julia-gillard-misogyny-kevin-rudd|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=5 September 2013|first=Katharine|last=Murphy|date=26 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823201637/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/26/julia-gillard-misogyny-kevin-rudd|archive-date=23 August 2013}} *{{citation|title=What the Australian Media missed in Gillard's misogyny speech|url=http://www.thevine.com.au/life/news/what-the-australian-media-missed-in-gillards-misogyny-speech-20121010-262975|access-date=6 September 2013|first=Caitlin|last=Welsh|journal=The Vine|date=10 October 2012|archive-date=10 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210214908/http://www.thevine.com.au/life/news/what-the-australian-media-missed-in-gillards-misogyny-speech-20121010-262975|url-status=dead}} *{{citation|title=The Irony: PM Julia Gillard Once Feminist Icon for Misogyny Speech, Now Ousted as First Female Prime Minister|url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/483645/20130627/julia-gillard-kevin-rudd-prime-minister.htm|first=Athena|last=Yenko|date=27 June 2013|access-date=6 September 2013|newspaper=International Business Times|archive-date=24 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024095153/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/483645/20130627/julia-gillard-kevin-rudd-prime-minister.htm|url-status=dead}} {{refend}}
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