Mosh pit lesson for pollies: Plibersek

A mosh pit can be much more polite than parliament, at least according to the experience of deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek.

Ms Plibersek says the sexism experienced by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard is not representative of all Australian society, and says a recent mosh pit experience reminded her of that.

"I was down in the mosh pit seeing a band not so long ago and there was someone dancing very violently next to me, pogoing," Ms Plibersek told the Nine Network on Saturday.

"All the other men around him were looking after the people who he was impacting: they were settling him down, they were trying to stop the fight and they were protecting the women around them.

"I think you so often see the very best of human nature."

While you might encounter sexism in any professional environment, Australian society was not fundamentally flawed, she said.

Ms Plibersek said she was reliving her youth watching the British Beat at the Metro Theatre in Sydney and "dancing enthusiastically" herself in the mosh pit.

But she managed to sneak in and out of the concert incognito.

"There's a thing about being my age - you don't feel the need to tweet everything that you do," she said.

"I'm sure if I was a teenager I would have taken a selfie or something."