Boys and girls experiences of power are distinct. The movies "Boys State and Girls State" show us how teenagers behave when isolated by gender faced with similar responsibilities but clear inequities. "They" become "us" and we need to pay attention. nytimes.com/2024/04/05/mov…

We need to be aware of the "intersection" of identities when we examine academic advancement. This study shows that UIM women are least likely to be promoted in surgery departments. Intersectionality matters. Let's find a way forward! jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas… from UIM

We (mostly women) struggle to combine career with motherhood. Taking our children on our "expeditions" may benefit everyone! nytimes.com/2024/04/26/opi…

In general, women physicians are good for our health! acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…

Social clubs are important venues for professional networking. There is no justifiable reason for these clubs to exclude women as the recent spotlight on the UK Garrick Club shows. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Even Barbie dolls can use a makeover to reflect the diversity of female surgeons! bmj.com/content/383/bm…

The stories of women in male-dominated fields resonate for all of us and allow us to understand how it feels to be an "outsider." This great new book details the experiences of women who study amphibians and reptiles. womeninherpetology.com

Let's celebrate President Biden's executive order to support research on women's health (and researchers!). 19thnews.org/2024/03/biden-…

Bravo to Nature for publishing data on corresponding author gender of submissions. Like NIH grants, women significantly less likely to submit manuscripts, which points to systemic problems in academia that journals alone can't fix. nature.com/articles/d4158…

The compelling segment on PBS Newshour 3/14 conveys the intersection of race and gender for black women academics. Please watch and listen. pbs.org/video/race-mat…

Women in health care experience higher stress and burnout compared with men. We need to collect data to determine if interventions make a difference. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38344248/

Progress for women in the workplace has stalled worldwide. Both discrimination at work and lack of affordable childcare are the biggest obstacles. The loss of women's talents is too big a price to pay, internationalwomensday.com/Missions/20623….

Female physicians are also women and thus subjected to the same discriminatory forces of women patients. We can all agree to work together to reduce suffering. nytimes.com/2024/02/26/wel…

A professor resigned after he surreptitiously took photos of female students during a class. Then, the dean wrote a meandering explanation for his (in)actions. We need better systems. Students don’t trust leaders to believe them and do the right thing.

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Julia Child concludes "the world isn't very kind to women" in episode 7, season 2 of the Max series. So many examples of sexism and racism in 1960's America that sadly are still with us. We can do better! imdb.com/title/tt275377…

DEI fatigue is now a chronic condition. How do we work on the important missions without triggering punishment? nytimes.com/2024/01/22/bus…

Women surgeons face OR scheduling challenges-another metric to consider to address gender bias in medicine. pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/272360/AIP/1-s…

Pay attention to beliefs on gender roles” in documents detailing the crusade against DEI. People express that women don’t have the talent, temperament or even the right to hold impactful, high-paying positions in our society. Let's make biases visible.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/bus…

We mourn the loss of Dr. Edith P. Mitchell and remember the discrimination she experienced. She recently shared that she was advised as a medical student that "people like you don't do well here." Being excluded or judged as inferior stays with us. cancerletter.com/obituary/20240…

Kate Zernike has written what so many of us thought privately. Women leaders face impossible expectations and cruel scrutiny. For many, the price of sesrving is too high-a loss for all of us. nytimes.com/2024/01/28/us/…