Notices by Amy Diehl, Ph.D. (amydiehl@mstdn.social), page 2

"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 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

White men make up a minority of the US workforce, but you wouldn't know it based on these images from the US Labor Department.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/07/labor-white-male-images-social-media/

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

It's not that women don't want to save $, due to gender pay gap, they don't have the funds. Nearly a 1/4 of women say they have less than $1,000 saved for emergencies, and 1-in-5 don’t have an emergency fund at all, compared to just 1-in-10 men.
https://newsroom.fidelity.com/pressreleases/fidelity-2025-women-and-money-study/s/21fa7fdd-6ee5-451b-b985-f75f51813642

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/

Study finds in high-income countries, women are 3x as likely to lose jobs due to generative AI than men. Globally 4.7% of women's jobs are at highest-risk vs 2.4% of men's. Occupations that may be disrupted: admin asst, office mgr; augmented: engineers. https://www.stimson.org/2025/the-glass-ceiling-goes-digital-how-ai-may-write-women-out-of-work/

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/

Study finds women fear exercising in public spaces due to harassment & racism. Latinas were more concerned about being harassed than white or Black women. Being physically active was easier when community activities are available to women & their children. https://medschool.duke.edu/news/sidewalks-support-systems

The child care industry is 100K workers short of where it would be if fed funding continued. That's also driven up costs. When child care is too pricey or unavailable, mothers leave paying jobs to stay home.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/02/women-jobs-rto

In 18th/19th century, tie-on pockets for women went away in favor of form-fitting clothes. Women lost autonomy, not being able to take valuables in public & depending on men. They began carrying small bags but still vulnerable w/o full use of their hands. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250909-how-womens-pockets-became-so-controversial

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 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 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

Too many women have no other good choice but to leave the workforce. But career breaks set people back. They have to climb back to where they were when they left. So staying in, if possible, is much better from a long-term career & financial perspective.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/08/women-mothers-quitting-workforce/85964394007/

At work, "just ask" advice isn't always innocent. Women are socialized to be agreeable, while men are encouraged to push, sometimes repeatedly. The exhaustion of repeatedly defending the same boundary is a form of emotional work that’s rarely acknowledged. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/staying-sane-inside-insanity/202509/it-doesnt-hurt-to-ask-isnt-always-true

Since 2011, the # of women CFOs of Global Fortune 500 & FTSE 100 companies has been 25%. Yet those companies w/ a female CFO increased shareholder value by an average of 4.5% annually, 0.2% higher than their industries overall.
https://fortune.com/2025/08/29/companies-with-female-cfos-outperform-industry-averages-study-shows/

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

Study of MBAs finds women were 24% less likely than men to reach senior mgmt within 15 years of graduation. When women had 4% more female MBA classmates, it translated to an 8.4% increase in the probability of reaching a senior mgmt role.
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/for-women-female-peer-groups-are-crucial-for-career-advancement

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