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

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

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

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://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/blue-origin-flight-american-feminism

The FDA is reversing a decision to require RTO for staffers, allowing them to continue hybrid work. Turns out layoffs and resignations could jeopardize basic functions, like approving new medicines. Who knew?
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/fda-reverses-course-on-telework-after-layoffs-and-resignations-threaten-basic-operations/

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

Many federal workers are commuting long distances to spend their workday in virtual meetings. Forced RTO ignores the fact that office work has changed. Workforces are now distributed & use tech to communicate. RTO=lower productivity & worse worker health.
https://www.wired.com/story/federal-workers-rto-chaos/

UK study (N=8,000) finds 58% of women would consider quitting their jobs if they could no longer work flexibly vs 42% of men. "For many working women, the stress and burnout of trying to juggle it all is very real."
https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1912678/women-likely-quit-men-forced-give-hybrid-working-research-finds

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 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/

When workplace flexibility vanishes, the answer is often to buy more childcare. That puts additional pressure on households to earn more to afford care while creating tension for mothers who feel spread thin & then feel pressured to quit full time work.
https://mashable.com/article/women-remote-work

Study (N=5,000) finds 82% agree with pro-diversity statements, like "Racial diversity benefits the country" & "It is OK to use my taxes to fund scholarships for minority students." When asked if fellow Americans were in favor of DEI, the % fell to 55%.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/you-are-probably-wildly-underestimating-how-many-americans-support-dei-new-study-shows/91157848

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/

Republican women may think supporting right wing men will earn her their protection, affection & material support....but "it is a core belief of the right wing man that no woman, however compliant, has any claim on him that he must respect."
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/26/a-woman-is-like-a-child-maga-quickly-turns-its-sights-on-stripping-women-of-power/

"We can imagine a day when awards for women will no longer be necessary; that day will come when women are represented fairly among prizewinners. For now, we must continue to offer opportunities for outstanding female researchers to get the credit they deserve." https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00510-8

Study finds women's bodies are viewed through a moral lens more than men's bodies. Could explain why there are stricter controls & judgments on women's bodies. Abortion is one example. Another: it is normal for men to be topless at the beach but not women. https://www.psypost.org/womens-bodies-are-moralized-more-than-mens-study-finds/

Silence on DEI creates a vacuum for opponents to fill with misconceptions. It is not legally risky to advocate for:
- Greater diversity of personnel
- Fairness & equity in policies & procedures
- Culture of inclusion in which employees feel they belong
https://hbr.org/2025/02/the-legal-landscape-around-dei-is-shifting-your-messaging-should-too

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

Longtime Meta employee sues for sexual harassment & gender discrimination. "I thought that as I got more senior, I would only be able to protect more people to change the culture [but] the more senior men were, the less tolerance they had to be challenged."
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/early-meta-employee-sues-for-sexual-harassment-gender-discrimination/

Study of 61 nations finds higher sexism predicts lower GDP, lower "global peace index" (more militarization, lower safety and security), greater antidemocratic practices & shorter lifespans. Sexism truly harms us all, men, women, children.
https://theconversation.com/sexism-linked-to-social-ills-for-men-and-women-finds-largest-cross-cultural-study-of-its-kind-247183

Zuckerberg exhibits "fragile masculinity," which means clinging to notions of rigid masculinity when feeling insecure and pressured to “man up."
https://theconversation.com/mark-zuckerberg-thinks-workplaces-need-to-man-up-heres-why-thats-bad-for-all-employees-no-matter-their-gender-247539