# Harriet Harman, sexist idiot.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-harman-sexist-idiot/811050>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 23, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-harman-sexist-idiot/811050 "2018-03-23T00:24:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-harman-sexist-idiot/811050/21 "2018-03-23T20:48:58Z")

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> [@SanVito](#):
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> But when, even by 2018, we still haven’t had a female labour leader, despite membership of the party being roughly 50/50

But we’ve had two female Tory leaders. The leader of the SNP is female. The leader of Scottish Labour is female. The leader of the Scottish Conservatives & Unionists is female (as was her predecessor). Opportunity for women in politics is not lacking.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harriet-harman-sexist-idiot/811050/22 "2018-03-23T21:02:36Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> But we’ve had two female Tory leaders. The leader of the SNP is female. The leader of Scottish Labour is female. The leader of the Scottish Conservatives & Unionists is female (as was her predecessor). Opportunity for women in politics is not lacking.

[Your satirical wit is amazing!](http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures) You, sir, are truly a comedian of the most perceptive and evicerating kind!

Stranger

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