In a Muslim world, more usually governed by men, did Bhutto feel that she had to be tough or did she exploit her femininity? Bhutto felt that over the years the situation changed.

"When we first started out I think that... women had to show they were as tough as men. I certainly felt that I was a woman operating in a man's world, and so I had to prove to the men that I had all the male qualities, and so I could be quite aggressive particularly in terms of speech. But now 30 years down the line, I think we can be more comfortable with the notion that its no longer only a man's world. There are quite a few women out there and we women can start being more like women, we don't have to outdistance or outperform men we can start being confident about ourselves."