Finland's Sanna Marin on Power, Family and the Gender Double Standard

Former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin argues that society holds female leaders to stricter moral standards than their male counterparts, making it difficult for them to be recognized both as politicians and in everyday roles such as mother, daughter and friend.

Speaking in an interview, Marin said female leaders are typically judged by a harsher yardstick, with little leeway to show other sides of their personal lives alongside the job of running a country.

The former Finnish premier's remarks touch on the gender double standard in politics, where the image and private lives of female politicians tend to be scrutinized more closely than those of their male colleagues.

During her term in office, Sanna Marin was one of the world's youngest prime ministers and drew international attention not only for her policy decisions but also for how the public viewed a female leader at a young age.