Sussan Ley undermined by resentful men who hate women

“It doesn’t explain everything, it doesn’t explain anything, it explains some things,” Julia Gillard said of the impact of sexism on her leadership on the night she was elected prime minister in June 2013.

More than a decade later, the leadership of the first woman to head the federal Liberal party is over, and the same assessment remains valid.

The role of misogyny in the response to Sussan Ley as leader has received little attention for several reasons.