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{{quote|''To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the "U-turn", I have only one thing to say. "You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning."'' |'''[[Margaret Thatcher]]''' to the 1980 [[British Political System|Conservative]] [[Conference Season|Party Conference]].}}
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'''Thatcher''': Mr. Tito, I don't "meddle" in politics, [[I Am the Noun|I]] ''[[I Am the Noun|am]]'' [[I Am the Noun|politics]]. }}
{{quote| My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.
Non-royal women in positions of power are almost always portrayed as very [[The Stoic|stoic]] and no-nonsense, at least publicly. Rarely will you find a woman president, prime minister, governor, legislator, judge, or military leader who is presented as indecisive, incompetent, or otherwise "weak." She's also usually not portrayed as corrupt, either, although if she's [[The Man Behind the Man|directing things from behind the scenes]], that tends to change.
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