Notices by Amy Diehl, Ph.D. (amydiehl@mstdn.social)

Before 2020, Zillow had a strong in-office culture. It is now remote-first. They have found huge benefits in recruiting, now having employees in all 50 states, whereas before they had them only in a handful. “There is talent everywhere in this country.”
https://fortune.com/article/zillow-ceo-remote-work-model-talent-everywhere/

Study of AI videos finds 70% of high-paying roles are depicted as men & 60% of low-paying roles as women. As AI becomes more embedded in everyday tools, its influence on perception will only grow unless actively corrected.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/male-doctors-female-cashiers-ais-job-bias/

30 members of Congress have been accused of workplace sexual misconduct while in office since 2006. But that data only captures part of the scale of the problem. Few cases are publicly reported, likely due to lack of trust in the system. @grace_panetta
https://19thnews.org/2026/04/sexual-misconduct-state-federal-lawmakers/

Young women have been shamed for decades for not having babies under the right circumstances. Now they are waiting. "What is actually scaring the right is that young women, by taking responsibility, are building real power in the world." -Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2026/04/20/maga-wants-more-teen-births-it-wont-work/

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, 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=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/

Women earned 81% of men's earnings in 2024, down from 83% in 2023 & 84% in 2022. The cost of feminine hygiene products has gone up 40% since 2020. The US collected $115M through tariffs on menstrual products containing cotton vs $42M in 2020.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/22/menstrual-products-tampons-feminine-care-prices-inflation.html

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/

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 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

US women are more likely to be murdered during pregnancy or soon after than the 3 leading obstetric causes of death: hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, sepsis. From 2018 to 2021, pregnant women had a 37% higher firearm homicide rate than nonpregnant women. https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/02/firearm-homicide-rates-higher-among-pregnant-women-than-nonpregnant-women-study-shows/

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 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

While most women in the US & UK take husband's last name:
- Quebec: requires women to keep maiden name
- Italy: difficult to change last name
- France: maiden names are social & legal norm
- China, Vietnam, Korea, Ethiopia & Senegal: maiden names are norm
https://www.thepersistent.com/feminism-change-last-name-after-marriage/

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/

In survey (N=2,000) 30% of UK women coaches had experienced bullying vs 15% of men. Perpetrators of harassment towards women was mostly other coaches; men: parents. Men are 2x as likely to hold full‑time coaching roles, while women are more often unpaid. https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cx2p5j8d10do

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 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 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/