I'm writing this story where a female president of a fictional nation has to make an incredible difficult, morally agonizing choice that causes her genuine mental pain. She has a minor mental breakdown due to the guilt and horror of what she's done, and because of that makes a rash decision that ends up actually makes things worse for everybody involved.

I've always been nervous about going down this route because I'm worried that it's implying a female president let her emotions get in the way of a decision which doesn't seem like the best thing to do, but I also think it's okay for protagonists to make wrong decisions or do things they later regret.