A World Built For Men

[hackmum]

Very interesting article about how everything from cars to medicines are designed with men in mind rather than women:

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/truth-world-built-for-men-car-crashes

I was just coming to post this. All the article has done is confirm my growing feeling that women just don't matter. We're merely the collatoral damage on the verges of the Patriarchy expressway.

I have been feeling decidedly deflated with the whole thing recently. My will to fight is waning.

I just started a thread in AIBU as I found the crash test stuff especially appalling.

AIBU to feel f*d off with a world built for men? http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/3515856-aibu-to-feel-f-d-off-with-a-world-built-for-men

The main thing throughout the article is that

Biology

Matters

Sex

Matters

XX matters

Aha. Was wondering if this was on here yet.

A little example. Every time I go in a cruise, we have a drill, which includes showing you how to put on the life jackets. Which only remotely fit if you don't have breasts...

I came to post this too, but actually I realised that this won't be a problem going forward in the brave new world because women will increasingly fit / skew the safety stats. The only people at a disadvantage will be be-uterused and they will increasingly just be service/domestic appliances, so it won't matter.

That was a really good and enlightening piece.