Short and snappy: Because men are still the default and that doesn’t make any sense when about half of humanity are women.
Some examples: Medicine, crash tests, design (size of things), movies (see the Bechdel Test for a bar that was put on the ground that is still not cleared surprisingly often) and other media. This list goes on and on.
This is excellent! You’re right, women are an afterthought at best, we’re often not included in academic research, policies don’t think of us, and we’re underrepresented in key places. Humanity should be the default!
Short and snappy: Because men are still the default and that doesn’t make any sense when about half of humanity are women.
Some examples: Medicine, crash tests, design (size of things), movies (see the Bechdel Test for a bar that was put on the ground that is still not cleared surprisingly often) and other media. This list goes on and on.
This is excellent! You’re right, women are an afterthought at best, we’re often not included in academic research, policies don’t think of us, and we’re underrepresented in key places. Humanity should be the default!