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. https://www.fastcompany.com/91436785/school-calendar-wasnt-built-for-working-parents?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

The FDA blocked Addyi (female Viagra) 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. https://www.fastcompany.com/91439618/a-new-film-reveals-just-how-hard-it-was-to-make-the-female-viagra

"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.

Ms. Magazine

When the Headline Gets It Wrong: Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is

When I saw the headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” in The New York Times, my heart sank.

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.

AFSCME

Unions are the best defense against the gender wage gap

Over the past two years, the gender pay gap has been widening — except for women workers who belong to unions.

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."

Vanity Fair

Women of Vanity Fair Consider: Wait, Did We Ruin the Workplace?

Today, The New York Times published a conversation between the conservative columnist Ross Douthat and two writers about just how bad ladies have s...