What the Pandemic Reveals About the Male Ego
"What the Pandemic Reveals About the Male Ego
Why are the rates of coronavirus deaths far lower in many female-led countries?"
"I compiled death rates from the coronavirus for 21 countries around the world, 13 led by men and eight by women. The male-led countries suffered an average of 214 coronavirus-related deaths per million inhabitants. Those led by women lost only one-fifth as many, 36 per million."
"Those leaders who handled the virus best were those who humbly consulted public health experts and acted quickly, and many were women; in contrast, male authoritarians who botched the response were suspicious of experts and too full of themselves."
"One trap for female politicians is that brashness can be effective for male candidates, but researchers find that male and female voters alike are turned off by women who seem self-promotional. That forces women in politics to master the art of communicating effectively in a low-key way just whats needed in a pandemic."
"There has been solid research that it makes a difference to have more women on boards and in grass-roots positions, but evidence that they make better presidents or prime ministers has been lacking until Covid-19 came along. Its not that the leaders who best managed the virus were all women. But those who bungled the response were all men, and mostly a particular type: authoritarian, vainglorious and blustering. Think of Boris Johnson in Britain, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran and Donald Trump in the United States."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/opinion/sunday/women-leaders-coronavirus.html#click=https://t.co/ImSBPflgj3
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)WAKE UP - the WORLD is looking at us as stooooopid and lame.
Our pResident has brought us to this fulcrum - do u want HONESTY? ???
Yeah. Not gonna get it with a prez with over 50K lies.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,881 posts)the states who have done the best response have had women Governors. Oh bizarre is that?
murielm99
(30,755 posts)Pritzker in Illinois has done a great job.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)We are led, Amin-like, by the Least Empathetic American. Wotta ride, huh kids?