It's not easy to be a woman in politics. That's an understatement. It can be excruciating, humiliating. The moment a woman steps forward and says, "I'm running for office," it begins: the analysis of her face, her body, her voice, her demeanor; the diminishment of her stature, her ideas, her accomplishments, her integrity. It can be unbelievably cruel. I hesitate to write this, because I know that women who should run for office might read it and say "no thanks," and I passionately believe that the only way we're going to get sexism out of politics is by getting more women into politics.
-- Hillary Rodham Clinton, What Happened, p. 116
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