This was the case for both Yellen and Flug – until the preferred, male applicants dropped out. Flug was finally offered the top job only in the absence of a male rival, though she was already occupying the position temporarily while the board searched for Stanley Fischer’s successor.
相反，女性候选人容易被忽视。不管是耶伦还是弗鲁格都是如此——她们直到更优先的男性候选者出局后才获得了任命。弗鲁格在没有男性对手的情况下最终获得了她的顶尖职位，尽管在寻找费舍尔（Stanley Fischer）后继者的过程中她一直担任的临时央行行长。