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Male-Centric Design
- Many things, from products to processes, have historically been designed for men.
- This includes seemingly innocuous items like pianos, where key sizing favors larger, typically male, hands.
The Gender Data Gap
- Caroline Criado Perez discovered a gender data gap while researching her first book.
- This gap means much of our data is collected from men, making male experiences the default.
Criado Perez's Feminist Journey
- Caroline Criado Perez initially rejected feminism, believing it was for "dowdy, boring women."
- Her perspective shifted after encountering feminist analysis at Oxford University.