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Are Men Inherently Better Leaders than Women?
Many topics that support the claim were left behind for the sake of time, I look forward to the discussion that is to follow!
TIMESTAMPS:
[00:00] Intro
[1:16] Physical Strength
[3:57] Logic and Emotion
[8:24] Chess
[11:11] More Logic and Emotion
[15:57] Socially Desirable Bias
[18:03] Military
[00:00] Force Doctrine
[21:27] The Case for Representation
SOURCES:
Physical Strength:
https://archive.news.virginia.edu/content/patriarchy-and-plow/
https://www.fdrlibrary.org/polio
https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.13914
https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.1.one.html
Logic and Emotion:
https://stanmed.stanford.edu/how-mens-and-womens-brains-are-different/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1316909110
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1323319111
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2583786/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11051326/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886916307851
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25530726/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-the-rage/202106/are-men-angrier-women
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3030621/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4469291/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5535995_Can_an_Angry_Woman_Get_Ahead_Status_Conferral_Gender_and_Expression_of_Emotion_in_the_Workplace
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02765/full
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0318576
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-menopause-term-effect-cognition.html
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.00992.x
Chess:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2679077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894898/
Socially Desirable Bias:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/peps.12266
https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2022/in-full/2-4-gender-gaps-in-leadership-by-industry-and-cohort/
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/01/14/chapter-1-women-in-leadership/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/11/18/us-women-are-outpacing-men-in-college-completion-including-in-every-major-racial-and-ethnic-group/
Military:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-D214-PURL-gpo126514/pdf/GOVPUB-D214-PURL-gpo126514.pdf
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2015/09/10/mixed-gender-teams-come-up-short-in-marines-infantry-experiment/
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/04/454672813/controversial-marine-corps-study-on-gender-integration-published-in-full
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/06/nx-s1-5667583/pentagon-review-women-in-ground-combat-roles
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/01/07/dod-launches-review-of-effectiveness-of-women-in-ground-combat-roles/
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5675474-pentagon-ground-combat-roles-women-review/
https://www.army.mil/aft/
Representation:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/21/women-account-for-28-of-lawmakers-in-the-119th-congress-unchanged-from-the-last-congress/
https://nwlc.org/resource/women-federal-judiciary-still-long-way-go/
MEDIA CREDITS:
Stock photos and footage provided by Pixabay.
https://pixabay.com
MUSIC by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Tracks used: "Comfortable Mystery 4," "Cool Vibes," "Equatorial Complex," "Inspired," "Lasting Hope," "On the Ground," "Space 1990-B," "Space Jazz," "The Britons"
