Historically, foreign policy has been a predominantly male domain, with women markedly underrepresented at decision-making levels.
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The Short Version
The historical record strongly supports this characterization. Across diplomacy, security, foreign services, and peace negotiations, women were long excluded or marginalized and remained substantially underrepresented in senior decision-making roles. There were exceptions and some variation by country and institution, but they do not change the dominant pattern.
Caveats
The claim is broad: representation varied across sub-fields of foreign policy, countries, and time periods.
A small number of prominent female leaders and foreign ministers existed historically, but isolated cases do not overturn the overall trend.
Some cited evidence is sector-specific or country-specific, though the wider body of sources still points to the same historical pattern.