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A po­lit­i­cal sci­en­tist says while Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo is en­ti­tled to her feel­ings, re­cent crit­i­cism about her has noth­ing to do with her be­ing a woman.

This com­ment comes af­ter Kan­ga­loo spoke out against crit­ics who ques­tioned the im­par­tial­i­ty of her Sen­ate ap­point­ments and con­tin­ued to scru­ti­nise her po­lit­i­cal past. She even sug­gest­ed that gen­der bias un­der­lies some of the com­men­taries.

Speak­ing at the open­ing of the Arthur Lok Jack Glob­al School of Busi­ness’ Women in Lead­er­ship Con­fer­ence on Tues­day, Kan­ga­loo said she of­ten won­dered whether the same dou­ble-stan­dards haven’t al­so been ap­plied to her by po­lit­i­cal com­men­ta­tors who, as it hap­pens, are most­ly male.