Woman Gives 20 Examples That Perfectly Illustrate That We're Still Living In A Man's World
We hear it often: 'This is a man's world.' While it might be an old saying, it's not an outdated notion.
We hear it often: 'This is a man's world.' While it might be an old saying, it's not an outdated notion; in fact, it's still quite accurate.
Men have long dominated key institutions such as business, government, and faith, but it goes much further than that. Most things in the world are built on or based around men—their size, their strength, their interests, their health preferences, and so on.
As Dr. John Gottman, a renowned marriage researcher, states, "The societal structures often reflect male priorities, which can lead to the undervaluation of women's contributions." This sentiment is echoed by Liz Weston, a financial columnist, who emphasizes that "the financial landscape is frequently designed with male-centric perspectives, which can disadvantage women." There are literally so many things that these experts highlight that illustrate how the world is built to accommodate men far more than women.
Check them out below!
Car crash dummies are built with a male standard, meaning that in car crashes, women are almost 50% more likely to be seriously injured than men.
Many medicines are tested exclusively on men, leading to women being prescribed doses that are far too high for them.
FlickrWomen are 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed when it comes to heart attacks because they typically only experience mild chest pain, as opposed to the sharp pain that most men do.
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Headrests in cars push women's heads forward, especially if they have their hair up. This is uncomfortable and completely unsafe.
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The disparity in birth control and side effects
There are always incredibly long lines at women's restrooms because they are built with far too few stalls.
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NASA had to cancel its first all-female spacewalk because it didn't have enough women-sized spacesuits.
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Women often cannot comfortably reach the safety bars on trains or buses. This issue also affects children and shorter men, but 50% of women deal with it.
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"Speech recognition software is 70% more likely to accurately recognize male voices. When Siri was released in the US, she could find prostitutes and Viagra suppliers, but not abortion providers. If you told her you'd been [sexually assaulted], she'd reply, 'I don't know what you mean by that.'"
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Women and men run at different temperatures; therefore, office spaces are often far too cold for women.
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Autism diagnosis
Females are underdiagnosed with autism because the criteria for diagnosis were written for males and have never been updated.
CPR dummies often anatomically represent a biological male. Therefore, people trained in CPR often do not know how to properly perform it on a woman. The female CPR dummy was only recently released.
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Smartphones are often too big for female hands.
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The average female in the USA is 5'3" and the average male is 5'9". Considering this, many women say they cannot sit in an office chair with their feet flat on the floor.
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N95 masks often don't properly fit the faces of women and Asian people; they are designed for the dimensions of an average male face.
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Women often cannot properly grip household tools because they are made for much larger male hands.
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It's a given that women aren't able to reach the top shelves in their own houses.
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Fitness monitors (like Fitbits) often don't accurately count steps when women are walking strollers (or anyone, for that matter; women just do it more often).
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Equipment at the gym—there are many machines women can't use because they can't be adjusted properly for them.
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Keyboards and mice are built with male sizes in mind, increasing rates of carpal tunnel and tendinitis in females.
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