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Yet ambition has long been regarded as, well, as something of a dirty word. Why? Perhaps it’s this, from Lady Macbeth in Macbeth: Certainly, we’ve become used to the notion that unattractive ...

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When female political leaders show ambition, they are often portrayed in the media as grasping, selfish and power-seeking. In other words, they are the embodiment of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth.