Australia's Julia Gillard reveals what she thought when she gave the 'misogyny speech'

As prime minister, Julia Gillard remained instinctively private, consistently contained and, for a figure so much in the public eye, oddly enigmatic.

But in an interview with the Melbourne-based magazine the Monthly, conducted during her final period as Labor leader, the former Australian prime minister has reflected candidly on gender politics, and on “that” misogyny speech which generated headlines around the world and became a viral sensation on the internet.

We invite you to read the full article published July 26, 2013