Gender Data Gap

Everything we still don't know about women because it has never been studied! One way to describe it is the gap between what research would have you believe you know about a female body and the actual data that has been collected. The gender data gap is an absence of data.

Does using a male body as a representative of all humankind when testing things and designing equipment sound be silly? Who would do that when more than half of the world’s population is NOT in a male body? Have we literally assumed male bodies are the default of human existence and if it works for a male body that’s a good standard for safety and usefulness for everyone?

Ummm yes. Yes, that is what has been done. Does this affect you? Well, I don’t know… you tell me…

In part one we're gonna look at the ways this gender data gap has affected everything from shelf height and office temperature to actual life threatening things like seatbelt safety and line ups at the washrooms. 

In part two, we'll dive deeper into the fitness and nutrition world that pushes weight loss on women with programs and meal plans tested on... male bodies. 

Ready to be stunned by what you didn't know you didn't know? Let's go!