i want to acknowledge my friend ken beasley. we we met 41 years ago this fall and pre- k , and he is one of the most finest friends and principled politicians i have i have ever met. great to have you here. and julia said that hers is a relentless free australian story. i will try to turn it into an american story so that she can sell books in this country. [laughter] i think what is most obviously relevant at this moment given the possible candidacies in the 2016 election is gender. this is an extra ordinary chapter. thank you to my intern who had these passages jump out at him. let me just read you these. i would like like you to elaborate a little bit more. stereotypes whispered to us that a women leader cannot be likable because she must have given up the nurturing and feeling. you write, if you are a woman politician it is impossible to win on the question of family. if you do not have children you are characterized as out of touch with mainstream wives. if you do have children then children, then heavens, who is looking af