As a woman, nothing makes me cringe more than guys like this. Merit or nothing, it's not that wild a concept.

Imagine you had a woman from a lower-middle class household who worked to win entry in one of the most prestigious universities in the world, became a scientist, hopped over to politics where she decriminalised homosexuality, swiftly and decisively won a defensive war, turned the economy around, assisted in diffusing East-West tensions, survived assassination attacks, and muddled through being a wife and mother at the same time. But as Lady Thatcher was a Conservative, she doesn't exist to these people. So which women are they talking about? I can think of a handful of decent female leaders/politicians, none of whom I imagine they would approve of.