Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-03-21 11:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Georgette Sheridan (Saskatoon-Humboldt, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I commend the member for Beaver River for bringing gender equity to a sexist remark. I would have thought that as one who describes herself as a woman, the member would avoid using cheap sexist jokes to score a few points in her bid for re-election.</p>\n<p>Women in all professions have long struggled against the misconception that they are biologically incapable of performing well in traditionally male dominated occupations, accused of being victims of their hormones or too emotional for serious jobs.</p>\n<p>Here we have the House leader for the Reform Party perpetuating this myth with her crude remarks about PMS making women unfit for the House of Commons.</p>\n<p>My Reform Party colleagues find this wildly amusing. I hope they find their dismal electoral results equally funny.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/3/21/georgette-sheridan-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/6539/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3338/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Member For Beaver River",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/3/21/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F3%2F21%2F"
    }
}