No, that's fine. It's been a long time since I've read Rosemary Speirs' review.
What I was referring to there was what I think I called the “cautionary tales”. There are some real threats and barriers, but I also think there are stories that women tell to each other that are cautionary tales about the dangers of politics, and I think they're overrated.
One of the problems here is that I don't think politicians communicate about the fulfilling work that they do. Instead we see them lambasted on the national media and they identify with Elsie Wayne or they identify with Jane Stewart in those circumstances and think, “I could never withstand that kind of pressure.” I wrote that what they don't see is Jane Stewart going back behind caucus and being cheered as a hero among her peers there.
It was suspicion about cautionary tales that we tell each other.