So we'll just go on having a deformed democracy. But it was often pointed out that the harsh and sometimes intrusive media treatment was not restricted to women, and that the Commons was an unforgiving place. A number of MPs, both Labour and Conservative, felt that their colleagues had made matters worse. We aren't the only women and mothers juggling our lives. The danger is associating women with the issue.
Men complain, too, but it suits an image to blame women.
I don't see myself as a victim. I get more notice because I'm a woman. You are nothing if you don't get into the press. But you do have to be careful what you do if you want to be taken seriously. Caroline Flint, Don Valley, Labour Met with universal derision when she was called at prime minister's questions and said that her question had already been asked.