This myth, of course, requires us to forget that Liberal women have broken through the "glass ceiling" without quota systems.
For the record, Julie Bishop became Australia's first female foreign minister, without a patronising quota system.
Annabelle Rankin, a single woman, didn't see herself as a victim either. In another first, she became a Queensland Liberal Party Senator in 1947, without a patronizing quota system.
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There are more inconvenient examples here.
Fact five: Australians distrust social engineers.
History teaches us that voters tend to distrust social engineers.
Unlike your typical ABC presenter, Australians are more likely to ask: Why does Labor have a quota system for rich city women, but not poor country men? Or, why doesn't the ALP have affirmative action goals for dwarves or Mormons?
Australians too see the implications of social engineering when your typical quota system is focused on media-approved minority groups, and open to political manipulation.
At least, I've never understood why Labor supports "gender-equality" in the workplace for adults, while rejecting gender-balanced marriages for children.
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Fact six: Some women just aren't that into politics.
Finally, some women just aren't that into politics, and if we respect a woman's right to choose, why should Canberra be our focus?
Some women choose to invest their energies into raising children. Some women choose to invest their energies into alternative career paths. And, yes, some women believe they can balance both.
Besides, when Australians see a female PM as a puppet held up by faceless men, or stabbed by her fellow Labor sisters, they're more likely to see hypocrisy than equality.
Now, that isn't a good look, Mr Bolt.
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