In 2024, men participated in 401(k) plans at an 80% rate vs 76% of women. Men also contributed more, an average of $10,974 versus $8,096 for women. Due to the gender pay gap, women have less to contribute. www.post-gazette.com/business/mon...

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. www.zmescience.com/feature-post...

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Women using OOO messages to tell it like it really is in the US: "I’m out of office because I’m a single mom paying $3,000 for childcare with no paid leave to fall back on. Taking a moment to steady myself." www.marieclaire.com/politics/out...

"I'm a CEO and my mom was a CEO, but *you* should be a tradwife."

After Kelly Ripa was working for five or six years at All My Children, the soap hired her now-husband, Mark Consultation, who was new to acting. He was hired at twice her salary. soapoperanews.net/kelly-ripa-t...

Study of 300 AI-generated images finds AI reinforces the fit ideal, with athlete images more likely to show low body fat & defined muscularity than non-athlete images. When prompted for an athlete (no sex specified), 90% of images depicted a male body. www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-stu...

The problem facing men is that, like femininity, masculinity is defined by backward stereotypes about what men should be. These stereotypes – signs of financial success, respect & seniority at work & in public – have always been out of reach for many men. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In 2023, there were 11K births to women 45 and over (increase of 450% over 3 decades). There are advantages of being an older age parent: financial security, additional life experience & confidence and grounding gained in the decades before having children. slate.com/life/2025/11...

Between 2021-22, Uber riders reported 2,717 incidents of sexual assault. 92% of the most serious involved women victims. Uber & Lyft now allow women drivers & riders to match w/ other women. Now male drivers are suing, arguing discrimination. @kimelsesser.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

"Quiet piggy" is an overt attempt to silence women by giving them a derogatory label. And this was said to a reporter doing her job. It wasn't just directed at the reporter, it was directed at all of us to say, "keep quiet or you will be publicly shamed." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/h...

In addition to motherhood penalty for wages in the workplace, women may also be spending more of their money on their children's expenses than their co-parent. One woman said, "I know that I buy more things for the children...I find it a little annoying." theconversation.com/motherhood-c...

Earlier this year Jane Evans ran an informal LinkedIn experiment: 2 women & 2 men, posted identical content at the same time. The women had a combined 154K followers, the men had only 9,389. Guess who got the highest reach? Yep, the men. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Women were led to believe that family management skills would be valued in the workplace & a resume gap wouldn't matter. Society should support paid maternity leave, flexibility, retirement plans that account for time away from work & family management skills. www.upworthy.com/gen-x-stay-a...

AOC: Women's educational and economic independence is a major threat to Republicans' power. Hence a reason to remove the professional designation from female-dominated education programs.

Study (N=1,700) finds men sponsor others to get ahead in their own careers, choosing to sponsor only when it is a win-win for them and the protégé. Women are more likely to balance their own needs with what is best for their protégé’s career. hbr.org/2025/11/rese...

If you are looking to build a family or have leftover embryos from IVF, known embryo donation is an option. Empower by Moxi offers a system to facilitate embryo transfers between people who want to know something about each other. www.cbsnews.com/news/embryo-...

It took about 4½ decades for the US NHTSA to approve the use of a anatomically accurate female crash test dummy anatomy even though they have been available for years. The previously used "female" dummy is 108lbs and 4ft 11in tall. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Thankful to the Heads Up PA Early Psychosis Conference for inviting me to speak on a topic that’s vital to patient outcomes: the impact of workplace gender bias on patient care.

When Laura Kavanaugh became a NYC firefighter she was warned "don’t talk to other women in front of the men—they’ll assume you’re scheming, and you’ll pay for it." 98% of NYC firefighters are men. The goal was to isolate her in a space not built for her. fortune.com/2025/11/14/f...

In 2025, men made up 57% of the workers who say they are juggling both paid work and caregiving. In 2023, women made up 56% of worker-caregivers. The shift is likely due to women leaving the paid workforce altogether. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/w...

Study finds that women’s names filled just 23% of author slots in 900 retracted articles published in medical journals (2008 - 2017). One possible explanation: women are more detail oriented & know they will be subject to scrutiny; thus are more careful. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Catch up on my and Leanne Dzubinski's conversation with @shannonrwatts.bsky.social. We talk about the 6 GLASS WALLS facing women at work and how to handle imposter syndrome. shannonwatts.substack.com/p/the-barrie... Pick up a copy of GLASS WALLS: amy-diehl.com/book

Hot off the press! Just got my copy of GLASS WALLS in paperback. Release date is Dec 11, along with audiobook format. Preorder here: amy-diehl.com/book

I had an amazing conversation with Janine Rogan, host of the Pink Tax podcast and author of THE PINK TAX. We discuss glass walls vs glass ceilings, why insufficient support is one of the most harmful biases women face & how to combat salary inequality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPT9...

I had an amazing conversation with Janine Rogan, host of the Pink Tax podcast and author of THE PINK TAX. We discuss glass walls vs glass ceilings, why insufficient support is one of the most harmful biases women face & how to combat salary inequality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPT9...

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The number of single mothers over 30 has risen 140% in 3 decades. They're more likely to have full-time jobs, more education and earn more, which has given them agency, even if they haven't found a male partner. www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...

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. www.fastcompany.com/91436785/sch...

To dismantle structures that cause imposter syndrome: - Examine who gets credit & why - Value collaborative achievements - Recognize that someone who thinks before speaking might have better ideas than those who dominate the conversation @shannonrwatts.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

The FDA blocked Addyi 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. www.fastcompany.com/91439618/a-n...

Across the top 592 podcasts, where 66.3% of hosts were men; 33.2% women. In top 100 podcasts, 72.8% of guests were men; 27.2% women. 62.6% of episodes did not feature a woman guest. Women most likely to appear as a guest when podcast had a woman host. annenberg.usc.edu/news/researc...

Study finds that for every 1% increase in state-level firearm ownership, there was an 8% increase in firearm homicide rates in pregnant women.Louisiana had highest rate of firearm homicides in pregnant women followed by MO, AK, WV, SC, GA & [email protected] stateline.org/2025/11/13/h...

In 1994, 10% of women (ages 15-44) would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. In 2025, it was 40% of women (41% of married women; 45% of single women). But only 19% of men of the same ages. news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...

80% of women who stay home do so to take care of the household vs 23% of stay-at-home men. 34% of stay-at-home men are due to illness/disability, 13% are retired, 13% can't find work, 8% go to school. 3 decades ago, 4% of stay-at-home men took care of kids. fortune.com/2025/11/13/m...

NEW! GLASS WALLS is releasing in paperback and audiobook formats on December 11, 2025. Pre-order today at amy-diehl.com/book

The FDA removed the black box warning for HRT. Recent research reveals that the benefits of HRT outweigh risks for most women who start before age 60: Reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases by 50%, Alzheimer’s disease by 35% & bone fractures by 50-60%. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

I would argue that there is a certain gender that needs this self-editing advice, and it isn't women. www.fastcompany.com/91435919/lea...

Working in tech, Maureen Wiley Clough felt pressure to manage her image carefully. She dyed her hair, wore trendy clothes & makeup to try to fit the "right" image. But she found that didn't matter, as the industry wasn't built for women. She left. www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...

On hustle culture, I told Bamboo HR News, "If your employees can’t take a two-week vacation without work grinding to a halt, then you don’t have enough staff." newsroom.bamboohr.com/amy-diehl-wi...

Study of parents in remote-first organizations finds mothers expanded their labor in both the work and family domains, but fathers use their new-found flexibility to lean into their parenting roles instead of merely expanding their paid work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Study finds people overestimated a company’s gender diversity after learning there were women in top mgmt, which led to less likelihood of hiring a woman. A few prominent examples can create the illusion that equality has been achieved, when it has not. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Study finds tubal ligations to permanently prevent pregnancy increased by 51% in 4 academic medical centers in PA, NY, FL & TN since Dobbs. A greater proportion were younger & had never given birth. Most worried their options would be limited in the future. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

Even in progressive places like Seattle, women are 'never quite right.' Colleagues have asked Monica Cisneros, a 10 yr Latina tech manager where she’s “really” from and have told her they don’t like her female voice & excluded her from deals because of it. www.seattletimes.com/business/tec...

"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. msmagazine.com/2025/11/08/c...

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. www.afscme.org/blog/unions-...

Single women: Think carefully before changing your name at marriage. "I realized that I wasn’t actually doing this for myself or for my husband—I was just doing what I thought I should do." www.today.com/life/essay-l...

On hustle culture, I told Bamboo HR News, "If your employees can’t take a two-week vacation without work grinding to a halt, then you don’t have enough staff." newsroom.bamboohr.com/amy-diehl-wi...

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. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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." www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...