Women are advised in books about women and leadership to maintain their sense of humour. This can be demonstrated in one-liners such as ‘Better to be big in the backside than have bullshit for brains’, which is the retort attributed to a female Australian government minister after a male opponent made some unflattering comments about her appearance (Stewart, 2002). More examples are to be found in Kirner and Rayner (1999).

What advice might you offer?