Through the Labyrinth: The Truth

Why this matters here

Eagly and Carli document how women become leaders under gendered constraints—different expectations for warmth, agency, and emotional display that raise the cost of looking decisive or restrained. When Authority Is Misread applies that research to Merkel-era reception: certainty from male leaders can read as seriousness, while similar caution or emotional neutrality from a woman more readily reads as absence or indecision. The book’s claim is about misread authority under gendered framing, not that gender alone caused Eurozone policy outcomes.