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Written by Yasmin Vejs Simsek
The “default male” is a term that describes m as the norm in our society and in data colle This results in research being done only o male bodies with effects on other bodie even being considered. You might have about the standard office temperature bein for a male metabolic resting rate and ther being five degrees too cold for cis women this, quite frankly, is the least of it.
Caroline Criado Perez has written an incre informative book called Invisible W that explores the gender gap — how so systemically ignores over half of its popul makes us invisible and ultimately how w in a cis man’s world. It’s also important to most of the data is focused on cis men an women, and while I recognize that we need research on cis women, the need is even gr for inclusion of non-binary and trans folks.
I recently had a discussion with a cis man call him Bo. He argued that cis, white, st men have it harder in today’s society, d quotas and the push for representation of my many arguments against this b statement was the “default male.” His resp — with a victorious look on his face — wa the default male also discriminated again men, by making kitchen counter tops a appropriate height for women than cis men back hurt when he was in the kitchen. Con by the fact that this person unknowingl started arguing my cause by emphasizin idea that women belong in the kitchen, I “Well that’s part of the problem, isn’t it?”
Yes, kitchens have been standardized to fit w bodies — but a supposedly standardized w body at 5’7”. The average Canadian woman i So even though the sexist intention was th create a better workspace for the person w expected to spend most of their time work the kitchen, it well and truly failed.
