Do Women Make More Credible Threats? Gender Stereotypes and Crisis Bargaining

maybe the flip side of women being less assertive less likely to argue or bargain is when they push something theyre taken more seriously? so higher costs to back out sorta check out intuitively. interesting paper.

"female leaders are better able to tie hands—an efficient mechanism for establishing credibility in crises. However, this bargaining advantage means female leaders will also have a harder time backing down from threats."

Is it the reason for the war machine to remove Boris Johnson and replace him with a woman?

Given the war, It seems like a recipe for the nuclear armageddon.