Concerning quarantine, evidence from the first outbreak of equine influenza in Australia showed no gender differences on the level of psychological distress (Taylor et al., 2008). However, a recent study by Limcaoco et al. (2020) in 25 countries on susceptibility to stress during the COVID‐19 situation indicated that women report greater levels of stress. Similar gender differences for stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms were found by Wang et al. (2020) in a Chinese sample during the initial stage of the COVID‐19 outbreak, although only a minority of the participants reported being confined. In sum, while the evidence suggests that women in normal circumstances experience more stress, support for the link between gender and stress under quarantine is inconclusive.