Amy Diehl, Ph.D.
@amydiehl.bsky.social
📖 GLASS WALLS, CIO, Gender Bias Expert, Researcher, Consultant, Speaker, Traveler, Cyclist, Feminist, Equalist. She/Her/Dr. https://amy-diehl.com
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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
Women have safety concerns when exercising outdoors, esp at night, due to catcalling, harassment and intimidation. Exercising with a group is fine, but it can be hard to coordinate schedules. If a man wants to run at night, he can just run.
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Women fear for safety running after dark
Female runners across the South West and Channel Islands say being in a group can make them feel safer.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Women have safety concerns when exercising outdoors, esp at night, due to catcalling, harassment and intimidation. Exercising with a group is fine, but it can be hard to coordinate schedules. If a man wants to run at night, he can just run.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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.
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New 401(k) data shows wide racial and gender gaps emerging
The retirement savings gap in America isn’t just widening — it’s showing sharp disparities along racial and gender lines.
A new analysis...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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.
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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...
We've Been Getting Menopause Wrong. Science Shows It's a "Second Puberty" For the Brain
Menopause is a developmental and neurological transition that opens the door to new forms of insight, stability, and leadership.
www.zmescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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...
Reposted by Amy Diehl, Ph.D.
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
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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
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...
www.marieclaire.com/politics/out...
Women Are Telling the Truth in Their Out-of-Office Messages. It’s Devastating
A national campaign is delivering a radically honest wake-up call about childcare, burnout, and what it means to live in a country without paid leave.
www.marieclaire.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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...
www.marieclaire.com/politics/out...
"I'm a CEO and my mom was a CEO, but *you* should be a tradwife."
Erika Kirk: "I'm not afraid of being a CEO because my mom was a CEO."
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"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.
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Kelly Ripa Drops Bombshell Stories about All My Children Reboot, Marrying Mark Consuelos & More
Kelly Ripa visits Soapy to share untold stories from All My Children, meeting Mark Consuelos, and balancing fame, career, and motherhood.
soapoperanews.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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...
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...
www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-stu...
U of T study asks AI to generate male and female body images - with predictable results
When prompted to create images of female and male bodies, artificial intelligence platforms overwhelmingly reproduce and amplify narrow western body ideals, a University of Toronto study has found. Th...
www.utoronto.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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...
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...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity | Finn Mackay
Stereotypes that centre men’s worth in their work are strangling sensible debate, and letting down women too, says author Finn Mackay
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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...
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...
A Controversial Technology Makes Moms Like Me Possible. Some Scientists Aren’t So Sure if We Should Exist.
The main question shouldn’t be “When am I ready to become a parent?” It’s “When is my child ready to become an orphan?”
slate.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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
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Male Uber And Lyft Drivers Sue Over Women-Only Ride Options
Uber and Lyft offer women-only ride options. But now male drivers have filed class-action lawsuits claiming the policies discriminate and reduce their earnings potential.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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
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"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...
Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"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."
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theconversation.com/motherhood-c...
Motherhood changes how women spend, save and think about money
Research suggests mothers put their children’s future ahead of their own, prioritizing education savings or splurging on non-essential items they believe will make their children happy.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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...
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.
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men
Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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...
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...
Many Gen X women were encouraged to be stay-at-home moms. Now, they say they were lied to.
"When you 'took a break' all those years ago, you gave it up."
www.upworthy.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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.
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Research: How Men and Women Sponsor Junior Colleagues
Research has shown that sponsorship tends to benefit junior employees, but its impact on sponsors is less understood. A new study, the first to examine sponsorship from a leadership perspective, revea...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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...
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.
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With embryo donation on the rise, more families are choosing connection over anonymity
Frozen donated embryo transfers in the U.S. nearly quadrupled from 2004 to 2019, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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-...
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.
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Federal government to require car companies to use female crash test dummies
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy — the THOR-05F — on Thursday.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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...
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.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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.
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I was New York City's first female fire commissioner. It's time to stop asking women to 'fit the room' and just fix the room instead | Fortune
After a historic night of “firsts” for women in Tuesday’s elections, The New York Times asked, “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” It was familiar to me.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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...
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...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/w...
More working men are caregivers as women leave workforce, survey finds
There's not a big shift in gender equality — instead, it's a change in who's going to work.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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...
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...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women seem to retract fewer papers than men — but why?
In an analysis of nearly 900 retracted medical research studies, the number of female authors is disproportionately low.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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...
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
Pick up a copy of GLASS WALLS: amy-diehl.com/book
The barriers making women feel like they don't belong in the workplace
Watch the replay of our Substack Live with Drs. Amy Diehl an Leanne Dzubinski
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November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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
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
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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