The Female Quotient

How fun and successful and beautiful and powerful can 50 be?! You’re looking at it. While the numbers also decrease for men, the percentage of major male characters over 60 is twice that of women (6% for broadcast and 5% for streaming). These women over 50 continue to redefine industry norms year after year.

Formula 1 has always been about pushing the limits of what is possible. Today, some of the most exciting breakthroughs are coming from a new generation of leaders proving that innovation and inclusion belong in the same conversation. Join us in the FQ Lounge with F1 ACADEMY @ Miami Grand Prix as we explore how the sport is evolving, who is leading that change, and what it means to build a more dynamic future for racing. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/g5JyDkuT

#FQLeaders ✨ Some people dream smaller when the world tells them to be realistic. Paige Lorenze, Creator and Founder of Dairy Boy, dreamed bigger anyway. She refused to be put in a box and built a brand that proves conviction, authenticity, and trusting your own ideas will always take you further than playing it safe ever could.

For all the moms doing the work no one sees, we see you 💗 It’s the early mornings, the rushed breakfasts, the drives to practice when it’s still dark out, the constant washing of uniforms, the packing, the waiting, and doing it all over again the next day. This commercial follows the moms behind Olympic athletes instead of the athletes themselves, and it hits because it feels so real. It’s the kind of routine so many women know, putting yourself last without even thinking about it and just trying to give your kids the best shot at something bigger. P&G made this for the 2012 Olympics as part of their “Thank You, Mom” campaign, but it stuck because it’s not really about the Olympics. It’s about what it takes to raise someone who will go on to do something extraordinary.

A Dutch nursing home has found a brilliant, mutually beneficial model: free housing for college students in exchange for companionship with elderly residents. 💛 At Humanitas in Deventer, students live rent-free with one condition: spend at least 30 hours a month connecting with residents through conversation, shared meals, and simply showing up. This intergenerational living setup boosts mental well-being, breaks down age-related stereotypes, and gives everyone involved a greater sense of purpose.

#FQLeaders ✨ The leaders who actually change industries are rarely the ones who made every decision with the crowd’s approval in mind. In a world where real-time feedback and social media noise can make even the most confident person second-guess themselves, the ability to commit to a vision before it is celebrated is what separates the people building things from the people commenting on them. Linda Yaccarino, CEO of eMed and former CEO of X, shared a reminder that the most defining decisions of any successful person’s journey were almost always the ones that were not popular at the time.

"You would do this for me, and I would do this for you” is our new mantra. 💕 A little kindness goes a long way and sometimes the smallest moments leave the biggest impact. 🫶

“A lot of what I do is about listening to people.” Emma Wheeler, Executive Director and Head of Women’s Wealth at UBS, describes her leadership style as that of a “compassionate changemaker,” grounded in active listening and follow-through. In partnership with The Female Quotient, FERRAGAMO’s Leaders & Legends celebrates visionary leaders who bring their signature style to both how they lead and how they dress.

#FQLeaders ✨ Most financial advice was never written for everyone. For too long, it was built for a very specific person, and if you didn’t fit that mold, you were largely left to figure it out on your own. Vivian Tu, NYT Bestselling Author and Founder and CEO of Your Rich BFF Media, is changing that. Different people need different advice, and she sees it as a privilege to finally be the one giving it to them.

Anti-suffragists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries argued that women didn’t need the right to vote because they were already represented by their husbands. That politics was too “dirty” for women, and that a woman’s place belonged in the home. The campaigns went further. Women were mocked, exaggerated, and ridiculed in cartoons and advertisements that painted them as unfit for public life. The message was clear. Give women a voice, and society would fall apart. But the irony is that much of that fear reflected the reality women were already living. Staying home, doing the chores, raising children, and living under the authority of a spouse. Even after women won the right to vote in 1920, those expectations didn’t disappear. Most women remained outside the workforce for decades. It wasn’t until the 1960s through the 1980s that women began entering the U.S. labor force in larger numbers, reaching about 50% participation around 1980 and peaking near 60% in 1999. The right to vote changed the law, but it took decades longer to change everyday life. And there is still more work to do.