One thing I've noticed about plenty of female politicians, especially heads of state (Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel, Theresa May, Park Geun-Hye) is that they all tend to be conservative or have tough foreign policies. I wonder if the reason why many female heads of state were conservative or at least tough on foreign policy is because a lot of voters assume that a bleeding heart liberal woman with a soft international policy would give in to her "feminine nature" and choose "feelz over realz" and not be tough enough on enemies, and a lot of voters would not want to vote for a woman like that whereas for a man it's assumed that he can be tough when he needs to even if he's generally less hawkish. What do you guys think?
Stereotypical feminine traits: nurturing, likes to help people, peaceful foreign policy, gentle tactics (working with opponents, bipartisanship), convinces people by appealing to the heart rather than by fighting directly against someone
Stereotypically masculine traits: social Darwinist, dog-eat-dog/make it or break it economic policies, tough foreign policies, convinces people by fighting directly against someone or something
Tldr: Do female candidates have to show that they can "be like men" and act in a stereotypically masculine way in order to get elected? Can a stereotypically feminine woman get elected?
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