Putin, being a woman, would not have started a full-scale war against Ukraine. And violence as he did.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this in an interview with ZDF.

"If Putin were a woman, I just don't think he would start such a war. If you need a very good example of toxic courage, we have that in his person," Johnson said.

He said we need more women in leadership positions to make sure this doesn't happen.

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacted to the British prime minister's statement in an interview with RIA Novosti, saying that supposedly "Freud would have dreamed of such an object for research."

The British defense minister also called Putin's behavior a "little man syndrome. Ben Wallace is sure that the Russian president has this complex in excess.

This is reported by The Guardian.

"I definitely think Putin's view of himself and the world is a little man syndrome, a macho view. You rarely hear the phrase 'little woman syndrome.' You always hear 'little man syndrome,' and he has that in abundance," he said.

Note that Putin's height is not known precisely, but it is much lower than average - no more than 168 centimeters. For example, the average height of a Ukrainian man is 175 centimeters.

Recall that the invasion of Ukraine led to a sharp deterioration in attitudes toward Russia around the world. Putin led the anti-rating of politicians who are trusted the least.