> Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to amend the Infection Protection Act so federal authorities can force coronavirus lockdowns and curfews in areas with high infection rates, even if regional leaders resist them.
As a German, I feel betrayed and deeply offended.
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Germany: Protest erupts as parliament votes on COVID rules | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
@0 @Br0m3x BTW, "Female-led countries handled coronavirus better, study suggests" => https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/female-led-countries-handled-coronavirus-better-study-jacinda-ardern-angela-merkel
@resist1984 @0 @Br0m3x "Countries sensible enough not to disregard half the population for leadership positions have better policies in the first place." The female leaders are symptoms, not the cause. The Guardian's writer overestimates the role of the leader, as any good member of the patriarchy would. ;)
@Steinar @Br0m3x @0 That is a factor, among others. https://hbr.org/2020/12/research-women-are-better-leaders-during-a-crisis
@resist1984 @Br0m3x @0 Remember such numbers will be extremely culturally biased, and making universal statements across cultures is very complicated. Countries with a culture of machissimo will score very different from countries where leaders are expected to be examples or more nursing characters. As my wife put it in regards to the pandemic, "It's not women being risk averse, it's men being risk-attracted." Which is very much a question of culture. I felt that was missing, from both sources.
@Br0m3x @0 @Steinar 194 countries were looked at so the study is comprehensive. But yes when talking about a specific country you'd have to be mindful. There are some rare tribal cultures where women have the macho role, do the hunting, while men do the gathering and childcare, which may invert this. https://web.archive.org/web/20210414122419/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3617953
