18 Alarming Facts Listed By An Individual Which Shows How Our World Was Not Designed For Women

If you ever feel that being a woman in this world is in some way difficult, it could be because it is. What's the significance for a woman living her daily life in a world that is predominantly designed by men?

Does it make women less noticeable and less heard? These are significant questions that we don't actually have the answers to right away. 

Yet, Karly Hou, a sophomore at Harvard studying computer science, economics, and math, has posted an enlightening Twitter thread that has revealed some insight into the current status of gender bias, which, much of the time, isn't really so obvious. Karly made a strong statement, saying, "Our world was not built for women."

This was prior to listing all eighteen alarming instances of how the world is hostile to female identities. From common items like cell phones and vehicles to military gear and recommended drug dosages, these are the things many of us have been underestimating. Perhaps, up to this point? 

Numerous feminist researchers claim that this is the case due to the figure around whom the world is designed, the "default male." According to one such author named Caroline Criado Perez, she states that the male who serves as a substitute for "human" may have serious and often harmful outcomes. 

Meet the sophomore at Harvard, Karly Hou, who has shared an enlightening thread about the world being designed to be unfriendly towards women.

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"Our world is not built for women"

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She went on to list examples of how our world was not designed for women.

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From longer wait times at the restroom to cell phones that simply don't fit female hands, these are some of the frustrating things women have to navigate. Some, however, can be truly deadly, like wearing protective clothing that does not accommodate female proportions or misdiagnosing heart conditions in female patients. 

Wow.

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PPE? PPE.

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However, the default male issue is much more prominent than simply appearing in everyday activities or products. Ultimately, it's something that permeates the very language we use to discuss such matters.

According to Catherine MacKinnon, a feminist legal scholar, the #MeToo movement has accomplished what the law was unable to. 

Smartphones, even.

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Socially, it is still said that "women claim" or "allege" that they were sexually assaulted. Those accused 'deny what was claimed.'

What if we changed the emphasis and said that survivors "report" and the accused "claim" or "allege" that it didn't happen? Before #MeToo, society had tagged the male accused while framing women’s cases as suspect. 

The issue takes us to the fact that gender bias has been an unconscious matter that we have all been affected by since the beginning. Part of the process of unlearning it is feminism.

However, it requires more radical changes in thinking as we outline the default male concept as inherently problematic.

And the list continues...

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The pharmaceutical industry strikes again.

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Equal floor space has a downside.

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Devastating consequences.

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What now??

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Honestly.

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CPR.

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Modern Medicine.

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Yikes.

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The default.

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What we need:

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Important Note:

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Go forth!

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More women shared their perceptions of things that were intended for men.

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Yes, let's try this.

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Facts.

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Whoa!

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Did you know this?

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Even NASA was guilty.

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The total world population is projected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050, an increase of over 25% from the 2020 population of 7.8 billion. While women make up the majority of this 7.8 billion population, men are the heads of states, corporations, and other influential voices.

What is your take on this issue? Do you agree or disagree that the world is hostile to women? 

Share your perspectives with us below!