people support peace. a few more men than women will support war. in countries where the war -- war-like policies are part of just the existential identity of a country. in israel where it's a matter of absolute survival, there's very little of a gender gap. in the united states where the wars are a little more optional you have a much bigger one. but it is quite consistent. it is, though, statistical. it is not the case that every woman is a pacifist or every man is a hawk. we're always talking about differences in the mean of two overlapping distributions. it also means that there's a limit as to how much gender can matter because especially in positions of leadership you have to play by the rules of the game that you have been plunked into and even if a woman is a pacifist or wants a family-friendly workplace she is in competition with other countries, she's in competition with other companies, and it's also true that you will have for any human trait you want to mention more women who have a