Why do female leaders seem to be more successful at managing the coronavirus crisis?

Plenty of countries with male leaders have also done well. But few with female leaders have done badly Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage On 1 April, the prime minister of Sint Maarten addressed her nation's 41,500 people. Coronavirus cases were rising, and Silveria Jacobs knew the small island country, which welcomes 500,000 tourists a year, was at great risk: it had two ICU beds. Jacobs did not want to impose a strict lockdown, but she did want physical distancing ob...