Sanna Marin: Finland’s fearless prime minister is challenging sexism in politics

Marin, who was the world’s youngest head of government when she entered office in December 2019 at the age of 34, wants to change expectations of politicians. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=" " data-adaptive-image-1024-img=" " data-adaptive-image-max-img=" "> In an interview with the Finnish magazine Trendi , the country’s 34-year-old prime minister Sanna Marin described being asked by one journalist, ahead of a meeting of her centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), whether she had cleaned her house that day. She reflected on how female politicians’ personal lives are frequently subject to excessive public scrutiny and criticism. As if to prove her point, her interview sparked a...