Probably, but nearly causing a global market crash with their first policies would have doomed anyone. After everything else that followed, the Conservative party needed to make an intervention to save themselves. A man might have lasted longer, but I doubt they would have made it to the end of the year.
Personally, my main reason for hating Truss before this last month of fuck-ups was because she was a TER. My preferred PM is any one of several women in the Labour party.
How about we ask actress Dame Penelope Wilton if she’s interested in the role? At least everyone knows who she is. And Harriet had a longer tenure than Truss