In contrast, Rosenthal found that the women legislators emphasized mutuality and shared problem-solving with win-win strategies. In this study, women chairpersons were far more motivated by people’s needs and policy goals than were men. Women wanted to know who would be helped or hurt by a particular law. As women gained experience in leadership, they cared less about the pocketbook issues of a few constituents and more about the health and welfare of people in general in the nation. Women leaders
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