A Pew study of Americans over age 50 who didn't have children found that a major reason was because they didn't find the right partner. "If we want more babies, we need more men women are willing to have babies with."
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/fertility-birth-rate-decline-women-men-conservatives.html
In a 2025 poll, 65% of female founders reported burnout vs 37% of male counterparts. Cash flow pressure is one reason. In the VC world, female founders get only 2%-3% of funding, getting on average 1/4 of the funding they seek whereas men get 1/2.
https://www.inc.com/heather-asiyanbi/its-not-the-workload-thats-burning-women-founders-out/91365615
Study finds women who lost weight w/ GLP-1s were 27 % points more likely to have started a job than those who weren't using GLP-1 but wanted to. The positive effect for men getting hired was much smaller. Body size shouldn't affect who gets hired but it does for women. https://www.businessinsider.com/ozempic-glp-1-weight-loss-women-jobs-marriage-harvard-study-2026-6
In case you were wondering if the EEOC is still paying attention to sex discrimination cases... The EEOC filed a suit against UTMB which paid Maria Alza $12,250 less per year than Henry Dominguez even though both held the same job title & responsibilities: https://www.chron.com/gulf-coast/article/utmb-galveston-eeoc-lawsuit-22327583.php
Pew study finds 35% of working parents are in a job that can be done from home. This share includes 17% who work remotely all or most of the time; 10% who work remotely some of the time; and 9% who rarely or never work remotely.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2026/06/16/does-working-from-home-make-work-family-balance-easier/
When men want control over women, they say that the word "man" does not include women. But when they want to disappear women, they say that the word "man" does include women.
https://theconversation.com/when-man-didnt-mean-humanity-how-language-excluded-women-for-centuries-277032
Disposable income is declining, but it hits women harder than men. Underpaying women squeezes the households most likely to spend every $. Less $ to spend is makes a bigger hit to demand and the entire economy.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/06/30/how-the-widening-gender-wage-gap-drags-down-the-economy
Women's empathy tax: As one woman told Josie Cox, "My actual job that I'm paid for doesn't keep me up at night. But this work of making sure the people who work for me feel happy and seen in a super stressful world absolutely does."
https://www.businessinsider.com/hidden-cost-empathy-tax-work-women-2026-7
Business casual dress codes have never been designed for women. While men wear a polo or button-down paired with khakis or dress pants, women's choices risk being seen as too dressed up or not dressed up enough. Both risk their credibility.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange-insights-and-commentary/for-female-lawyers-dress-code-is-part-of-leadership-conversation
I found this in my own research -- mid-career women leaving their corporate jobs to go out on their own. Not because they had always dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur but because they were either fed up with the barriers they encountered, or they had no other choice. https://www.fastcompany.com/91563991/why-mid-career-women-are-leaving-corporate-america-for-entrepreneurship
It costs $87K - $122K/year to house a woman inmate vs $70K for men. Researchers found that cutting women's time by 50% had a negligible effect on crime. Often women's crimes are nonviolent "survival" crimes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/incarcerated-women-costs
The lowest paying majors are dominated by women. They are lowest paying because we live in a patriarchal capitalist society that values men and profits over societal good.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/ter02-ranked-americas-20-lowest-paying-college-degrees/
Divorce glow up: When a woman stops pouring her nervous system into managing her partner's emotional state it can be an energy reclamation, the visible expression of an autonomic nervous system that finally got rest.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/06/30/divorce-glow-up-trend-experts-weigh-in/90694870007/
Study of 3,222 blue-chip companies finds 215 (6.7%) had a woman CEO. Of those, a quarter have reached gender-equal or female-majority boards, and 22.3% have senior management teams that are 50% or more women.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/companies-led-by-women-tend-to-have-more-women-on-boards-and-in-leadership/823860/
When you go to the office, you expect to be with people. But half your team is on Zoom & the rest focused on their own work. Meetings are screens bc “it’s easier for the remote folks.” When you work remotely, you understand that connection takes effort.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91564001/the-office-doesnt-fix-loneliness-at-work
Remote vs on-site work: The best way to improve people's mental health is to let them choose where their work gets done. And for remote work, there are easy fixes to bring people together, like periodic in person one-on-ones or off-sites. @jguynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/06/29/remote-work-from-home-loneliness-epidemic-americans/90651835007/
AI: We don't know what we don't know. As companies bring AI into day-to-day operations, researchers are discovering subtle defects. In principle, these flaws could be corrected. But most corporate users appear to be blissfully unaware, which means bias & errors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/business/artificial-intelligence-workplace-consequences.html
Despite the desires of ego-driven CEOs, remote work is only increasing in the US. In 2025, 38% of women and 31% of men did some or all of their work from home.
Stats:
2019: 24% of workers had worked from home
2022: 34%
2025: 35%
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/29/remote-work-wfh-women
College-educated black Americans—especially women—struggle to find jobs after the Trump admin reduced fed workforce &imposed tariffs. Some worry that companies are scared to hire them when the govt is encouraging White men to file discrimination complaints.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/28/why-black-college-graduates-are-struggling-find-jobs-trumps-economy/