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Do female politicians do things differently from men?

2025/2/6
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Hannah Gelbart: 作为主持人,我提出了核心问题:女性担任要职是否真的会改变一个国家?我们常常陷入刻板印象,但事实是,2024年墨西哥、纳米比亚和北马其顿都选出了首位女总统,这引发了关于女性领导力的新讨论。我们需要通过数据和研究来检验这些刻板印象,看看女性领导者是否真的与男性领导者行事不同。 Laura Garcia: 作为BBC记者,我参与了“是真是假”的游戏,旨在打破关于女性领导者的刻板印象。我强调,女性在世界领导人中所占比例仍然很低,但像墨西哥这样的国家选出首位女总统是一件大事。我指出,Claudia Sheinbaum同时涉足政治和科学领域,她的领导风格严谨直接,但有时会被认为冷酷。我强调,女性的政策倾向部分源于她们的生活经历,但即使有更多女性进入政界,她们也不只会关注女性问题。此外,我提到,女性掌权时,腐败现象会减少,但这更多是因为社会变得更加平等和公正。 Rosie Campbell: 作为全球女性领导力研究所的负责人,我指出,研究男女领导风格的差异很困难,因为我们通常只关注最高级别的领导者,而女性领导者的数量非常少。我强调,达到最高领导层的人,无论男女,都非常相似,因为他们经历了同样艰难的过程才能成为国家领导人。我提到,研究表明,女性更常采用同理心领导风格,但男性也可以采用。我个人对人们问我女性是否与男性有不同的领导方式感到不舒服,因为我们倾向于期望女性带来不同的东西。我认为,如果有一个更精英的过程,最优秀的人将成为领导者,你会得到更好的结果。

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Is there any evidence that having a female leader actually changes a country? Do women make better politicians - or is it all based on stereotypes?

Women make up less than 7% of world leaders, and last year in 2024 the number of women in parliament globally fell. However, Mexico, Namibia and North Macedonia all elected their first female presidents, and as more women get elected to the top jobs, there’s an ongoing debate about whether female leaders do things differently to men.

Laura Garcia from BBC Mundo breaks down some common misconceptions about women in power with a game of true or false.

We also hear from Professor Rosie Campbell from the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King’s College London, about why it’s so hard to draw conclusions about the effects of female lawmakers.

Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Producers: Julia Ross-Roy, Benita Barden and Baldeep Chahal Editor: Verity Wilde