Nostr notes by Amy Diehl, Ph.D.

70.5% of Starbucks baristas are women. Starbucks now requires ...

2026-05-28T18:06:25Z

70.5% of Starbucks baristas are women. Starbucks now requires them to perform additional emotion labor by writing a personal message on customers' cups. If not sufficiently nice, they are disciplined. They must perform friendliness but make it look spontaneous. https://qz.com/emotional-labor-starbucks-baristas-green-apron-service-051926

Study (N=2,689) of men (18-34) finds 95.1% reported using ...

2026-04-13T18:43:59Z

Study (N=2,689) of men (18-34) finds 95.1% reported using strategies to get a woman to have sex who they knew did not want sex & had not consented; 65% successful. Consistent physical pressure & verbal coercion common; overt force, physical restraint, pain also used. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08862605261432630

Book bans often target women's stories (Handmaid's Tale, ...

2026-04-10T00:15:07Z

Book bans often target women's stories (Handmaid's Tale, Color Purple, The Hill We Climb) and women's stories are also absent in school curricula. Where state curriculum standards focus on women in history, they emphasize women's domestic roles, rather than their contributions as workers or activists.
https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/womens-experiences-dominated-book-bans-last-year-zahra-20260409/

Study (N=40K) finds before Mar 2020, remote work linked to better ...

2026-04-09T01:17:47Z

Study (N=40K) finds before Mar 2020, remote work linked to better mental health for men but not women. Women suffered from flexibility stigma--had to prove their worth & work longer. After Mar 2020, remote work was more accepted & stigma diminished.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/working-from-home-is-not-the-wellbeing-fix-we-were-promised-but-it-has-transformed-mental-health-for-professional-women

Resume Botox: Omitting age and years of experience to increase ...

2026-04-04T00:55:17Z

Resume Botox: Omitting age and years of experience to increase chances of getting hired. AI in hiring makes it worse. Studies have found AI resumes portray women as less experienced and younger. When ranking equivalent resumes, AI gives men higher ratings.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/ageism-forcing-some-women-to-consider-revamping-their-resumes-in-a-changing-job-market-260694597992

Parenting time has exploded since the 1990s but the burden has ...

2026-04-03T00:52:22Z

Parenting time has exploded since the 1990s but the burden has not been shared equally. Working moms are spending more time with kids than stay-at-home moms did in decades past. Dads increased parenting involvement somewhat, but not to the level of moms.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/01/wharton-economist-women-outearning-outworking-men-domestic-labor/

Study (N=595) finds hostile sexism (openly resentful toward ...

2026-04-02T01:47:05Z

Study (N=595) finds hostile sexism (openly resentful toward women) was the strongest predictor of whether young men liked the tradwife movement. Another predictor: men who believed they needed a woman to feel complete.
https://www.psypost.org/men-who-favor-the-tradwife-lifestyle-often-view-the-women-in-it-with-derision/

Today is Equal Pay Day, a day later than last year. It is the day ...

2026-03-26T11:57:09Z

Today is Equal Pay Day, a day later than last year. It is the day to which women must work to earn the same as men did working to Dec 31 last year. Women earn 81 cents for every dollar men earn. Down from 83 cents a year ago, and 84 cents the year prior.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5758090/equal-pay-day-gender-wage-gap

Girls are often encouraged to be athletic, assertive or like ...

2026-03-22T15:45:23Z

Girls are often encouraged to be athletic, assertive or like “tomboys,” while boys face no socially acceptable equivalent in the other direction. There is no benign male version of tomboy. The closest is “sissy,” not typically considered a compliment.
https://theconversation.com/gender-conformity-starts-young-and-boys-and-girls-fall-in-line-in-different-ways-275996

Women’s civic engagement has long unsettled powerful men. The ...

2026-03-08T17:37:38Z

Women’s civic engagement has long unsettled powerful men. The suffrage movement, the civil rights era, and debates over voting access has required women to confront entrenched power. We are not retreating.
https://time.com/7382991/we-must-protect-voting-access-for-women/

Labor is one of the most physically demanding processes the human ...

2026-02-26T15:58:46Z

Labor is one of the most physically demanding processes the human body experiences. Yet it has not received the same level of study as marathon running, which has been analyzed by mapping muscle activity, joint forces & how the body interacts w/ the ground. https://theconversation.com/good-maternity-care-needs-good-science-but-theres-more-research-on-marathon-running-than-giving-birth-276093

A 2018 study (N=46K) of DNA samples & questionnaires found no ...

2026-02-17T02:01:24Z

A 2018 study (N=46K) of DNA samples & questionnaires found no genes associated with sex played a role in empathy. Women display more empathy, not because it is innate, but because girls are socialized to act on their emotions & prioritize needs of others. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260213-are-women-naturally-more-empathetic-than-men

Gender studies brings a critical lens to the biological ...

2026-02-14T00:47:15Z

Gender studies brings a critical lens to the biological determinism Trump invokes. This lens reveals how gender hierarchies enable the kind of abuses that some men in Epstein’s circle believed they had the right to commit. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/13/gender-studies-trump-epstein

Study of 8M biomed & life science articles finds those led by ...

2026-02-12T01:03:17Z

Study of 8M biomed & life science articles finds those led by women spent 7 to 15 days longer in review than those led by men. Over a career, women's papers could spend 350 to 750 additional days in review. Delays could slow women's promotion, especially to full professor. https://www.the-scientist.com/women-s-research-papers-spend-longer-under-peer-review-than-men-s-74078

Effective fertility policy: Remote work. If both parents work at ...

2026-02-10T01:22:03Z

Effective fertility policy: Remote work. If both parents work at home at least one day/week, they'll average 0.5 more children, pushing toward the “replacement” level of 2.1. A result of opportunity and availability, less time commuting=more time parenting. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/fertility-rate-baby-work-from-home.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K1A.1hEA.GHFieEZQsbdu&smid=url-share

Patriarchy in action: The Epstein files showcase the private ...

2026-02-07T20:07:52Z

Patriarchy in action: The Epstein files showcase the private behavior of a male ruling class. They network, joke & trade info. Women on the periphery do the office & sexual housework: organize the men's calendars, arrange food, grace a table & provide sex. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/07/sex-and-snacks-but-no-seat-at-the-table-the-role-of-women-in-epsteins-sordid-mens-club

In 1933, Nazis burned the contents of the Institute for Sexual ...

2026-02-07T00:51:54Z

In 1933, Nazis burned the contents of the Institute for Sexual Science. Women's & gender studies are under attack today. But knowledge is tricky to control. When research is defunded & classes canceled, "people find other ways to share & make new knowledge."https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2026/02/06/can-embattled-womens-and-gender-studies-programs

Research shows that 98% of women have been told to smile at work; ...

2026-02-06T01:37:58Z

Research shows that 98% of women have been told to smile at work; 15% says it happens at least weekly. Senior & exec-level women were most often to told to smile, even though the average woman smiles 8x more than the average man.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/05/why-women-dont-want-to-be-told-to-smile/88516695007/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters ...

2026-02-03T21:49:52Z

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

Many routine procedures were designed for male anatomy & are ...

2026-01-31T20:11:18Z

Many routine procedures were designed for male anatomy & are uncomfortable or take longer in women. Colonoscopy. Urinary cauterization. Lumbar puncture. Spinal procedures. Airway management. Venous cannulation. Difficulty is often blamed on anxiety, tension, low pain tolerance, or "one of those things.". https://theconversation.com/routine-medical-procedures-can-feel-harder-for-women-heres-why-274041

Study (N=160K mtgs) finds that when AI notetaking is used, women ...

2026-01-30T20:40:52Z

Study (N=160K mtgs) finds that when AI notetaking is used, women spoke 9% more than men. Perhaps because people are more aware of what they say when it is being captured. But men still used non-inclusive terms (swear words or "you guys") 2x more than women. https://www.thepersistent.com/when-ai-is-listening-women-speak-more/

Study (N=3,000) finds women more likely than men to say they did ...

2026-01-23T01:23:18Z

Study (N=3,000) finds women more likely than men to say they did not know what AI’s impact on society writ large and question its benefits, particularly by expressing doubt that the technology would deliver meaningful economic gains.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/22/gender-differences-ai-risk-research/

The unemployment rate for Black women rose from 5.4% in Jan 2025 ...

2026-01-18T01:42:42Z

The unemployment rate for Black women rose from 5.4% in Jan 2025 to 7.3% at the end of 2025. "If we saw an unemployment rate for white men at the current rate it is for Black women, we would have already declared a recession." https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollycorbett/2026/01/14/women-made-up-nearly-all-the-job-losses-last-month-heres-why/

AI-generated porn is new tax on women’s presence online and in ...

2026-01-09T19:45:03Z

AI-generated porn is new tax on women’s presence online and in the public sphere, a tax that women must pay with their dignity. These tools affect women’s civil rights by making the public sphere hostile and intimately degrading to women at a massive scale. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/grok-undressing-women-children-us-action

Study finds women use gen AI less than men not due to gaps in ...

2026-01-09T01:28:51Z

Study finds women use gen AI less than men not due to gaps in skill, but bc they view it as harmful to mental health, employment, privacy & the environment. This is not misplaced: AI has significant energy demands and risks of bias and misinformation.
https://www.unite.ai/research-finds-women-use-generative-ai-less-due-to-moral-concerns/

Stopping the glass cliff: 5 weeks after being hired, Katherine ...

2025-12-31T13:50:08Z

Stopping the glass cliff: 5 weeks after being hired, Katherine Maher at NPR was under pressure to quit. Board chair Jennifer Ferro determined to keep her. She was the right leader & getting rid of an exec bc of political pressure would only weaken the organization.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/business/npr-katherine-maher.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to ...

2025-12-24T01:20:16Z

Women with care duties have very little "pure” leisure to themselves. Often, it is spent w/ kids or those they’re caring for. Early time-use researchers—all men—initially coded child care as leisure. They assumed women were at home having fun with the kids. https://www.thepersistent.com/women-leisure-time-hobbies-taking-back-me-time/

Women on the right are learning a hard truth. They are lionized ...

2025-12-20T11:40:31Z

Women on the right are learning a hard truth. They are lionized when supporting the patriarch and obeying the party line.
But as soon as there’s any mold-breaking, the turn is incredibly rapid and vicious. There is no tolerance for disagreement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/opinion/gop-women-misogyny-problem.html?context=audio&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Simulation finds that if Margaret Cavendish (1st women invited to ...

2025-12-13T20:59:27Z

Simulation finds that if Margaret Cavendish (1st women invited to Royal Society in 1667) had been better connected and her findings more widely accepted during her lifetime, the Royal Society would have gotten to the truth "significantly faster".
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/11/discovering-the-lost-women-of-science/

While companies say RTO is for enhanced communication, team ...

2025-12-12T01:10:59Z

While companies say RTO is for enhanced communication, team cohesion & managerial convenience, in a survey (N=900) finds 40% of business leaders admitted that making better use of paid-for office space is a core reason they’re mandating RTO.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5638850-office-leases-shaping-workplace-policy

It is an open secret that admissions standards at selective ...

2025-12-11T22:09:46Z

It is an open secret that admissions standards at selective colleges are lower for men to equalize the # of men and women on campus. This is another way men learn that they can be mediocre and still succeed, while women must attend the highest standards.
https://thedispatch.com/article/university-college-gender-discrimination-men-admissions/

Globally women work longer and earn just 32% of men's ...

2025-12-10T13:36:48Z

Globally women work longer and earn just 32% of men's earnings per hour (paid and unpaid labor) Even when unpaid domestic labour is not included, women only earn 61% of what men make. Women aged 15 to 64 work 10 hours more a week than men.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/10/women-workplace-equality-gender-world-un-report

Larry Summers sought Epstein's advice on a romantic ...

2025-12-03T00:54:12Z

Larry Summers sought Epstein's advice on a romantic relationship w/ his mentee & questioned women's intelligence. Gender bias is rampant in economics. A 2019 survey found 1/2 of women respondents experienced discrimination & 43% offensive sexual behavior.
https://theconversation.com/larry-summers-sexism-is-jeopardizing-his-power-and-privilege-but-the-entire-economics-profession-hinders-progress-for-women-270367

Study of men & women physicians in 2019 found that women were ...

2025-12-02T01:49:39Z

Study of men & women physicians in 2019 found that women were less likely than men to say that social media use had resulted in a speaking engagement or scholarship opportunity. Women used it more often than men to build a support network.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2779868

Women have safety concerns when exercising outdoors, esp at ...

2025-12-01T00:44:12Z

Women have safety concerns when exercising outdoors, esp at night, due to catcalling, harassment and intimidation. Exercising with a group is fine, but it can be hard to coordinate schedules. If a man wants to run at night, he can just run.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5z5z7ey4o

Menopause is a major neurological event in which the brain ...

2025-11-27T19:07:21Z

Menopause is a major neurological event in which the brain rewires itself. It is a coordinated shift in brain metabolism, connectivity & cognition—on a scale comparable to puberty. https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/pieces/weve-been-getting-menopause-wrong-science-shows-its-a-second-puberty-for-the-brain/

The school system is still built around a 1950s fantasy where one ...

2025-11-16T14:45:25Z

The school system is still built around a 1950s fantasy where one parent (i.e. the mom) is home and is available for non-instructional days off, midday pick-ups, early dismissals, and weeklong winter breaks. Most families don’t live that reality anymore.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91436785/school-calendar-wasnt-built-for-working-parents?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

The FDA blocked Addyi (female Viagra) out of concern that women ...

2025-11-15T01:18:06Z

The FDA blocked Addyi (female Viagra) out of concern that women might take the drug at night, then fall asleep driving kids to school the next day. Pharma exec Cindi Eckert spent $1M on a study that showed women drove better after taking Addyi likely bc they slept better. https://www.fastcompany.com/91439618/a-new-film-reveals-just-how-hard-it-was-to-make-the-female-viagra

"Conservative feminism" is not a thing. The patriarchy ...

2025-11-09T18:46:48Z

"Conservative feminism" is not a thing. The patriarchy has learned to speak the language of empowerment. It borrows feminist words—“choice,” “agency,” “strength”—but drains them of their meaning, using them to defend inequality.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/conservative-feminism-new-york-times-headline-liberal-feminism-ruin-workplace/

In 2024, the US female-to-male earnings ratio was 80.9%. For ...

2025-11-08T19:28:25Z

In 2024, the US female-to-male earnings ratio was 80.9%. For union workers, it was 87.1%. Women in unions have stronger employer-sponsored benefits, are more likely to have a pension or retirement plan, and to receive health insurance from their employer.
https://www.afscme.org/blog/unions-are-the-best-defense-against-the-gender-wage-gap

NYT: Did women ruin the workplace? "A toxic workplace does ...

2025-11-07T13:22:47Z

NYT: Did women ruin the workplace?

"A toxic workplace does not become toxic when the issue is vocalized; it was already toxic. The question desires to blame women for 'creating' the idea of toxic workplaces when these spaces were already ruined."
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/women-of-vanity-fair-consider-ross-douthats-question?srsltid=AfmBOoqkajfCtD9687-IDenldEQHIbw2BOIj6FHqSvy2Qy6b4uEHw0WG

Today the economy is strong but >455K women have left the ...

2025-11-07T00:59:22Z

Today the economy is strong but >455K women have left the workforce since Jan, pushed out by return-to-office, public-sector layoffs, increasing childcare costs+gender pay gap+burden of unpaid eldercare. This isn’t a market failure; it’s a man-made crisis. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5591318-shecession-womens-economic-decline/

50 yrs ago, 90% of women in Iceland went on strike. No cooking, ...

2025-10-24T17:42:39Z

50 yrs ago, 90% of women in Iceland went on strike. No cooking, cleaning, laundry, or childcare. Schools closed. Flights grounded. Men stayed home or took kids to work. Today Iceland has smallest gender pay gap in the world & tough equal pay laws.
https://www.thepersistent.com/50-years-iceland-women-strike/

RTO is a glass ceiling in disguise. Turnover for women under RTO ...

2025-10-17T17:42:33Z

RTO is a glass ceiling in disguise. Turnover for women under RTO policies is 3x higher than for men. Mothers of young children are hardest hit; labor force participation dropping 2.8 points. Flexibility shouldn’t be a perk—it’s a retention strategy.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliakorn/2025/10/16/return-to-office-mandates-are-the-new-glass-ceiling/

This is how male gatekeeping works. Certain women are allowed ...

2025-10-14T13:09:34Z

This is how male gatekeeping works. Certain women are allowed into leadership, but only to the extent that they support the men in charge. "[The R men] try to marginalize the strong Republican women that actually want to do something."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/14/marjorie-taylor-greene-interview-shutdown-aca-epstein-mike-johnson/

212,000 women left the work force between Jan and Aug 2025, while ...

2025-10-02T00:05:37Z

212,000 women left the work force between Jan and Aug 2025, while 44,000 men entered. The US govt is unconcerned, seeing men's employment as essential, but women’s employment as a nice to have, their job loss not constituting a serious obstacle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/opinion/erasure-working-women-federal-agency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.uFlN.5g8ceGGiPRaE&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Studies find medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to ...

2025-09-20T00:50:42Z

Studies find medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect severity of symptoms for women patients & display less "empathy" toward Black and Asian patients. Many Drs are using LLMs & note taking apps to generate transcripts & summaries.
https://www.ft.com/content/128ee880-acdb-42fb-8bc0-ea9b71ca11a8

There isn't a single college major where women (who outnumber ...

2025-09-18T00:22:08Z

There isn't a single college major where women (who outnumber men in college) earn more than men. Examples:
Social Work: 9.5%
Nursing: 14.6%
Elementary Ed 16.0%
Comp Sci: 20.4%
Sociology: 20.7%
Business: 26.0%
Engineering: 26.3%
Criminal Justice: 27.1%
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2025/09/16/surprising-data-on-college-majors-poverty-rates-and-gender-pay-gaps/

The median woman working full time in 2024 earned 81% of what the ...

2025-09-10T00:31:53Z

The median woman working full time in 2024 earned 81% of what the median man earned — a drop of 2 points from 2023. Men got raises last year; women did not. Median income for men=$71,090--an increase of 3.7%. Women earned $57,520, flat from 2023. https://www.axios.com/2025/09/09/dei-gender-pay-gap

Bro-PO Market: Of 61 companies that filed IPOs in 1st 2 weeks of ...

2025-08-29T00:10:43Z

Bro-PO Market: Of 61 companies that filed IPOs in 1st 2 weeks of Aug, 88% of firms (mostly tech) had only one or no women on the board and 93% had only one or no women in the C-suite.
https://fortune.com/2025/08/19/bro-ipo-women-missing-leadership-boards-c-suites/

For juries of "one's peers", instead of excusing ...

2025-08-26T17:26:38Z

For juries of "one's peers", instead of excusing mothers and primary caregivers from jury duty, courts should provide ways for such prospective jurors to obtain child care, whether it be actual care services, vouchers, stipends, or other accommodations.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/jury-duty-moms-criminal-justice-reform.html

In June, Rhode Island became the first state to require workplace ...

2025-08-24T19:13:13Z

In June, Rhode Island became the first state to require workplace accommodations for menopause, including temperature control, flexible breaks and private spaces for symptom management.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-island-law-menopause-accomodations_n_689e4354e4b0df16e32bb279

The Gates Foundation pledge of $2.5B to women's health ...

2025-08-05T00:07:38Z

The Gates Foundation pledge of $2.5B to women's health research is commendable! But, "overall investment in this area needs to be substantially greater" which means we need greater investment from the federal government (e.g. NIH), not less.
https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/08/04/gates-foundation-womens-health-research

Study of 10 female and 10 male pilots using flight simulator ...

2025-08-01T00:56:56Z

Study of 10 female and 10 male pilots using flight simulator finds despite having nearly identical visual attention patterns and flight experience, female pilots tend to make fewer flight control errors when stress levels increase.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1092930

Women-founded companies generate 78¢ of revenue for every $1 ...

2025-07-25T17:26:38Z

Women-founded companies generate 78¢ of revenue for every $1 raised vs 31¢ for male-founded startups. They burn 15% less capital--in 2024 $270K/month vs US startups $320K/month. Yet female founded startups received only 2.1% of venture capital in 2024. https://www.inc.com/annabel-burba/female-founders-outperform-their-male-counterparts-but-receive-much-less-funding-study-finds/91212886

Unpaid work = is equivalent to 13% of the US GDP. It is measured ...

2025-07-23T00:13:47Z

Unpaid work = is equivalent to 13% of the US GDP. It is measured by the American Time Use Survey, which is targeted by DOGE. If the govt ends the survey, we will become blind to the full picture of our economy and the extent of unpaid care.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-22/trump-cuts-unpaid-work-labor

Study of 6,600 episodes of kids’ TV over 60 years finds boys ...

2025-07-22T01:46:19Z

Study of 6,600 episodes of kids’ TV over 60 years finds boys portrayed as ‘doers’ and girls as passive. And male characters still dominate dialogue, 50% more than female characters. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2025/07/16/for-60-years-kids-tv-cast-boys-as-doers-and-girls-as-passive-study-finds/

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than ...

2025-07-20T20:16:23Z

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
https://thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt-advises-women-to-ask-for-lower-salaries-finds-new-study

These articles about wealthy (mostly male) execs working 24x7x365 ...

2025-07-19T11:19:39Z

These articles about wealthy (mostly male) execs working 24x7x365 never discuss the supports that they have in place to allow them to solely focus on their work... Wives dealing with home(s) and caring for children, paid household staff, etc.
https://fortune.com/2025/07/18/founder-ceo-thats-it-nutrition-lior-lewensztain-no-work-life-balance-always-on-even-vacations-50-million-dollar-revenue-business-mark-cuban-barack-obama/

Women are adopting AI at a rate of 25% less than men. Women are ...

2025-07-15T00:25:12Z

Women are adopting AI at a rate of 25% less than men. Women are more reluctant to use AI due to ethical concerns, a reputational risk (fear of being judged for leaning on AI tools), and the fact that training data underrepresents them.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91352117/women-have-been-slower-to-adapt-ai-at-work-heres-why-women-work-ai

So-called objective metrics in academia disadvantage women. ...

2025-07-08T00:44:27Z

So-called objective metrics in academia disadvantage women. Letters of reference for women tend to have less stand-out adjectives. Women's papers are cited less, their grants are smaller on avg & their papers have a harder time getting past reviewers.
https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/the-first-author-was-a-woman-she-should-be-in-the-kitchen-not-writing-papers-bias-in-stem-publishing-still-punishes-women

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 ...

2025-07-07T20:03:46Z

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2025/07/07/being-too-helpful-at-work-can-hurt-your-career-heres-how-to-say-no/

1/3 of mothers w/ a child under 5 are working remotely at least ...

2025-07-03T00:15:38Z

1/3 of mothers w/ a child under 5 are working remotely at least some of the time & have the highest rate of fully remote work. Fathers of young children are the most likely group of men to be working from home. The share of men ages 25 to 34 not working at all because they are providing care for family members doubled from 2001 to 2025, though it’s still a small share representing 2 percent of men not working.
https://19thnews.org/2025/07/women-workforce-men-caregiving-generational-divide/

Bolt recognized the problem with its unlimited PTO: top ...

2025-07-02T11:52:14Z

Bolt recognized the problem with its unlimited PTO: top performers weren't taking their leave. Kudos to them for now giving everyone 4 weeks and requiring employees to take it.
https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/san-francisco-tech-ceo-kills-unlimited-pto-policy-slams-it-as-totally-broken/

Dropbox has a virtual-first remote work policy. CEO Drew Houston: ...

2025-06-29T19:51:22Z

Dropbox has a virtual-first remote work policy. CEO Drew Houston: "We can be a lot less dumb than forcing people back into a car three days a week or whatever to literally be back on the same Zoom meeting they would have been at home."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/29/work-from-home-double-standard/84353013007/

Prehistoric human remains shows that women were buff--with a bone ...

2025-06-24T20:29:55Z

Prehistoric human remains shows that women were buff--with a bone structure that resembled elite rowers. Bursts of the “return to skinny” have always surfaced at pivotal moments—right when women are on the brink of claiming more power. It’s no coincidence. https://time.com/7293999/bodybuilding-women-skinny-essay/

Mankeeping: Women's emotional labor in heterosexual ...

2025-06-21T01:33:54Z

Mankeeping: Women's emotional labor in heterosexual relationships. Being their partner’s sole support. Managing his stress. Interpreting his moods. Holding his hand through feelings he won’t share with anyone else. Unpaid, unacknowledged, unreciprocated. https://www.vice.com/en/article/mankeeping-is-why-women-are-done-with-dating/

Study of 300 novels over 100 years finds those from 1951-1981 had ...

2025-06-20T18:14:04Z

Study of 300 novels over 100 years finds those from 1951-1981 had large biases toward feminine stereotypes. After WWII, there was societal messaging to persuade women to go back to homemaking so that men coming back from the war could take over those jobs.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/06/where-gender-bias-grows-coming-age-novels-rife-stereotypes

Male gatekeeping: "Every female leader who has left or been ...

2025-06-19T19:51:30Z

Male gatekeeping: "Every female leader who has left or been laid off has been replaced by a male & all newly hired mgr roles are also filled by men. Now my entire mgmt chain is men & all of the team leads are men, while the workers are more women than men." https://slate.com/advice/2025/06/advice-work-leadership-women-diversity.html

Study (N=2,000) finds reports of abuse made by women federal ...

2025-06-07T02:18:14Z

Study (N=2,000) finds reports of abuse made by women federal workers were less likely to result in corrective action than men's. Separate study finds when reports lack evidence, men's are more likely to be escalated (deemed credible) than women's.
https://hbr.org/2025/06/research-womens-complaints-of-workplace-abuse-get-ignored-more-than-mens

As a pretext for excluding women, Hegseth says the Army needs ...

2025-06-01T23:44:14Z

As a pretext for excluding women, Hegseth says the Army needs more lethality--which includes physical tactical skills, leadership, grit. Standards were never lowered for women, but the 1st woman in Army Ranger school carried the same pack as men plus 250 tampons. https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/415145/women-in-combat-ranger-school-pete-hegseth-fitness-standards

Overqualified women & sufficiently qualified men are hired ...

2025-05-31T01:01:24Z

Overqualified women & sufficiently qualified men are hired for the same ranks. Overqualified men are considered a flight risk. Overqualified women are assumed to be leaving a company w/ unfair barriers and so would be willing to accept a lower-rank position. https://today.ucsd.edu/story/women-ascend-the-corporate-ladder-more-slowly-than-men

Companies that maintained DEI commitments increased reputation ...

2025-05-30T14:48:12Z

Companies that maintained DEI commitments increased reputation scores in 2025.
Patagonia: +2.9 points
Microsoft: +3.2
Costco: +1.8
Apple: +1
Netflix: +1.4
Those that rolled back DEI declined. Walt Disney slid 7 points since 2021 while Target slid 5 points. https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/dei-patagonia-costco-microsoft-reputation-surge

If you are white, heterosexual, male, nondisabled, affluent, ...

2025-05-24T00:32:12Z

If you are white, heterosexual, male, nondisabled, affluent, congrats--you are automatically seen as a leader. Otherwise (women & others) then on top of day to day responsibilities, you must mount an impression management campaign to be seen as a leader. https://hbr.org/2025/05/how-women-in-leadership-can-shape-how-others-see-them

Republican goal: "Shelter men from women’s economic ...

2025-05-19T11:47:48Z

Republican goal: "Shelter men from women’s economic competition, revert to the regressive cultural modes of an imagined past & impose an artificially narrow vision of the capacities, aspirations, talents & desires of half of the American people."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/republicans-childcare-women-inequality

Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 ...

2025-05-18T00:18:13Z

Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/scientists-have-been-studying-remote-work-for-four-years-and-have-reached-a-very-clear-conclusion-working-from-home-makes-us-happier/

Study finds the driving force for 'protective' labor laws ...

2025-05-16T00:42:44Z

Study finds the driving force for 'protective' labor laws from the early 1900s--max hrs restrictions, min wage & nightshift bans--was men’s desire to be protected from labor market-competition, rather than to protect working women from harm.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/05/study-shows-men-benefited-most-from-protective-labor-laws-for-women/

Orwell had a brilliant wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, who was ...

2025-05-11T01:43:56Z

Orwell had a brilliant wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, who was erased from history. Disappearing women is how patriarchy creates itself. Erasing women makes men into the main characters in life and in history, and women into supporting cast, or caste.
https://time.com/7284644/trumps-erasure-of-women/

Women make up a majority of workers in fed depts targeted for ...

2025-05-09T01:16:47Z

Women make up a majority of workers in fed depts targeted for layoffs: VA, Ed, Health, Treasury, HUD, USAID, CFPB, and VoA, pulling out career ladders. The Trump admin removed diversity data from govt websites, obscuring the effects of mass layoffs.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/women-impacted-federal-layoffs/

Investors at Costco, Apple, Levi's, John Deere, Goldman ...

2025-05-04T17:40:48Z

Investors at Costco, Apple, Levi's, John Deere, Goldman Sachs, etc are voting against anti-DEI proposals. Costco: Diverse employees "bring originality and creativity to our merchandise offerings, promoting the ‘treasure hunt’ that our customers value."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/business/costco-apple-levi-shareholders-dei

Studies show that female bonobos form coalitions to suppress male ...

2025-04-25T19:37:04Z

Studies show that female bonobos form coalitions to suppress male aggression and maintain social power and that women at work do something similar. When women build support networks, they are more likely to speak out against discrimination.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2025/04/25/bonobos-and-women-benefit-from-female-alliances-new-studies-say/

After an outcry, the NIH said it would restore funding to the ...

2025-04-24T23:29:23Z

After an outcry, the NIH said it would restore funding to the Women’s Health Initiative, one of the largest and longest studies of women’s health ever carried out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/health/womens-health-initiative-cuts.html

Pronatalist agenda: Encourage white births, enforce regressive, ...

2025-04-23T22:53:28Z

Pronatalist agenda: Encourage white births, enforce regressive, hierarchal & stratified social roles, push women out of public sphere and narrow women’s prospects for social, professional intellectual life to pregnancy, child care & housework.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/23/america-pro-natalism-women

Data capturing instances of political violence against women in ...

2025-04-23T00:32:22Z

Data capturing instances of political violence against women in public office is limited. So women in public office tend to view threats as one-offs rather than a systemic pattern. They are absolutely a pattern designed to keep women from public life.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/women-judges-threats-security-protection/

Think you wouldn't be impacted if Head Start is cut? Think ...

2025-04-22T16:54:15Z

Think you wouldn't be impacted if Head Start is cut? Think again. Cutting free childcare for 700K families means essential workers (in grocery stores, home health care, custodial, childcare, ag) would be unable to do their jobs, disabling the economy. https://www.fastcompany.com/91320429/how-will-ending-head-start-impact-you

If the Trump admin wanted to increase births, it could do things ...

2025-04-21T23:51:39Z

If the Trump admin wanted to increase births, it could do things R's have repeatedly voted down:
- paid parental leave
- universal PreK
- affordable childcare
- abortion access so that women don't die from miscarriage
- encourage men to do fair share at home
https://www.yahoo.com/news/team-trump-drafts-dystopian-plan-200255011.html

Study of 137 supervisors-subordinates during COVID finds men ...

2025-04-20T17:41:11Z

Study of 137 supervisors-subordinates during COVID finds men leaders w/ higher levels of hope used family-friendly supervision. Men w/ higher anxiety likely to use abusive supervision. Women leaders used family-friendly supervision no matter how they felt. https://theconversation.com/women-are-steadier-leaders-in-times-of-crisis-but-they-are-still-being-overlooked-254676

AI assistants have defaulted to female voices & pronouns bc ...

2025-04-19T17:30:46Z

AI assistants have defaulted to female voices & pronouns bc it resonates w/ consumers due to stereotypes. When phones were invented, women were operators & ppl became accustomed to a disembodied assistant with a female voice. It's time to break that cycle. https://www.campaignlive.com/article/why-majority-ai-assistants-female/1912395

When leaders suggest collaboration & culture are the reasons ...

2025-04-19T00:29:40Z

When leaders suggest collaboration & culture are the reasons for RTO, it is actually suspicion. If you don’t trust your team to know how they work best, dragging them into the office won’t magically instill it. It will do the opposite. https://www.forbes.com/sites/curtsteinhorst/2025/04/17/return-to-office-its-not-about-productivity-its-about-power/

The Blue Origin women..."positioning themselves as ...

2025-04-15T19:25:35Z

The Blue Origin women..."positioning themselves as aspirational models of femininity – have presented a profoundly antifeminist vision of what womankind’s future is: dependent on men, confined to triviality, and deeply, deeply silly." [@moiradonegan](https://mastodon.sdf.org/@moiradonegan )
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/blue-origin-flight-american-feminism

Gov Janet Mills: On Trump, "I have spent the better part of ...

2025-04-11T00:34:46Z

Gov Janet Mills: On Trump, "I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness." Mills has stood firm not backing down from Trump's threat of funding cuts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/janet-mills-donald-trump-maine.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwY2xjawJlQZdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHnrOAYok4gRalSowVx9Rq_JTqNMl3ROkauuf-I7WgDyaLyyVr3H7LjZHl7hv_aem_aVikj-uOTIfYD1WbTauWcw

"For celebrity feminism to be even a little effective, ...

2025-04-10T03:12:21Z

"For celebrity feminism to be even a little effective, powerful women would speak up for the powerless, even if it hurt their bottom line or damaged some of their high-flying relationships."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/opinion/celebrity-feminism-blue-origin.html

An immediate target of DOGE is maternal health. The US has the ...

2025-04-04T23:55:20Z

An immediate target of DOGE is maternal health. The US has the highest rates of maternal mortality of high income countries, yet DOGE cut funding for research addressing drivers of maternal morbidity in NY & across the country. Sets us back hundreds of years.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2025/04/04/how-doge-cuts-will-change-womens-health-00272000

Judge Susan Crawford: "As a little girl growing up in ...

2025-04-02T12:43:21Z

Judge Susan Crawford: "As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls, I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin, and we won."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-broke-spending-records-serve/story?id=120329626

While male billionaires (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) line up to kiss ...

2025-04-02T00:49:59Z

While male billionaires (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) line up to kiss Trump's ring & sacrifice the integrity of their media publications, Laurene Powell Jobs (owner of The Atlantic) has not & has stood behind the journalism of her publication.
https://www.thewrap.com/laurene-powell-jobs-atlantic-praise-signalgate/

Today -- March 25 -- is equal pay day. It is the day which marks ...

2025-03-26T00:22:20Z

Today -- March 25 -- is equal pay day. It is the day which marks how far into the new year that the average full-time woman has to keep working to earn the same amount that her male counterparts made in the previous year. 84 extra days.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/equal-pay-day-highlights-stalled-progress-on-closing-gender-pay-gap.html

In 1916 Hetty Green, the richest US woman, was called the ...

2025-03-15T17:12:24Z

In 1916 Hetty Green, the richest US woman, was called the "Witch of Wall Street". Stereotypes that women have no business dealing with money, are financially illiterate & shouldn't talk about it persist today--and must be broken.
https://www.thepersistent.com/what-is-great-wealth-transfer-millennials-boomers/

Atlassian, a 10,000-person organization reduced office space by ...

2025-03-04T14:51:47Z

Atlassian, a 10,000-person organization reduced office space by 50%, making office visits optional but intentional. The result? An increase in productivity of approximately 40 min per employee per day, along with cost savings from reduced office expenses.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/solangecharas/2025/03/01/why-rigid-rto-mandates-cost-more-than-they-save/

If leadership were a meritocracy, more women would be in charge. ...

2025-02-24T18:41:35Z

If leadership were a meritocracy, more women would be in charge.
- women outperform men in education
- women outperform men in so-called soft skills
- toxic & destructive leaders tend to be men
- women more likely to lead democratically & develop subordinates
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaspremuzic/2025/02/20/women-men-and-meritocracy-a-scientific-perspective/

How women fight back against bro culture: - combat ...

2025-02-11T01:38:18Z

How women fight back against bro culture:
- combat microaggresions by asking "what do you mean?"
- stand up for other women, even just by responding to toxic behavior w/ "huh"
- share your salary info w/ other women
- use buying power w/ inclusive companies
https://www.fastcompany.com/91272686/how-women-are-fighting-back-against-bro-culture