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.

HuffPost

This U.S. State Passed A Stunning New Law That Will Change Women

"Reading the specifics of the law, I felt something I had not expected: validation."

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 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 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 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 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 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.

TNW | Deep-Tech

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds

A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

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.

Fortune

Like Mark Cuban and Barack Obama, this founder says work–life balance doesn’t exist for the successful: ‘Even if I am on vacation, you're on 24 hours a day' | Fortune

Even after successfully building a multi-million dollar business, the CEO of That’s It Nutrition still grinds all hours of the day: ‘Even if I ...

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. 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.

Live Science

'The first author was a woman. She should be in the kitchen, not writing papers': Bias in STEM publishing still punishes women | Live Science

"What is the hard evidence, beyond anecdote and suspicion, that unconscious bias impacts on women