Brown was furious that the crowd outside had refused to honor his white flag of truce earlier in the day. Hetold Sinn that his mencould havekilledunarmedmen and women, butdid notdo so.
Not only were the men reluctant to try what they considered to be women's work, butthewomenrefused to let men in their kitchens and made fun of any who tried.
She criticised what she called the "tittle-tattle" around the reshuffle, saying it would put off women in particular from entering politics, but she refused to criticise the Prime Minister for having a smaller proportion of women in the Cabinet as a result of last week's changes.