Beka’s Reviews > Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men > Status Update
Beka
is 11% done
"The gender gap in travel data continues with the intentional omission in many travel surveys of shorter, pedestrian, + other non-motorized trips; these trips are not seen as relevant for infrastructure policy making.
Given that women generally walk further + for longer than men, in part because of their caregiving responsibilities, in part because women tend to be poorer, these policy choices effect them more."
— Jan 19, 2026 01:12PM
Given that women generally walk further + for longer than men, in part because of their caregiving responsibilities, in part because women tend to be poorer, these policy choices effect them more."
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Beka
is 84% done
"Study participants did not view male politicians the same as woman politicians with cooler mannerisms. Being seen as uncaring is a 'norm violation' for women that is just....isn't....for men.
There is an expectation that on average, women are going to be more pro-social than men. So it shocks us more."
— Jan 23, 2026 05:10AM
There is an expectation that on average, women are going to be more pro-social than men. So it shocks us more."
Beka
is 84% done
"If you assume men receive the same heat for being perceived as cold, you'd be wrong.
A 2010 study found woman politicians were seen as less caring -- and that perception set off a reaction of moral outrage in both male + female study participants, who viewed such women with contempt, anger, and disgust."
— Jan 23, 2026 05:09AM
A 2010 study found woman politicians were seen as less caring -- and that perception set off a reaction of moral outrage in both male + female study participants, who viewed such women with contempt, anger, and disgust."
Beka
is 75% done
"Like so many of the decisions to exclude women in the interests of simplicity, from architecture to medical research, this conclusion (that unpaid domestic + care work doesn't count towards a country's GDP growth) could only be reached in a culture that conceives of men as the default human, and women as a niche operation."
— Jan 22, 2026 02:19PM
Beka
is 25% done
"For most of the 20th century, there were no women musicians in the Philharmonic NY orchestra.
All of a sudden, in the 1970s, the numbers of women hired as musicians began to go up...and up.
What caused this? The beginning of blind auditions, thanks to a lawsuit in the 1970s. By the 1980s, women made up nearly 50% of musicians in the orchestra."
— Jan 20, 2026 10:45AM
All of a sudden, in the 1970s, the numbers of women hired as musicians began to go up...and up.
What caused this? The beginning of blind auditions, thanks to a lawsuit in the 1970s. By the 1980s, women made up nearly 50% of musicians in the orchestra."
Beka
is 25% done
"As a side benefit + long term solution to the feminized poverty, pension credits for the main carer have encouraged men to take on more unpaid care load, which raises the question:
Is women's unpaid work undervalued because we don't see it, or is it invisible because we don't value it?"
— Jan 19, 2026 03:32PM
Is women's unpaid work undervalued because we don't see it, or is it invisible because we don't value it?"
Beka
is 25% done
"Brazil, Bolivia, + Botswana, which have achieved close to universal pension coverage between men + women, thanks to the introduction of widely-available non-contributory pensions.
Women in Bolivia are credited a year of pension contributions per child, up to 3. As a side benefit + long term solution to the feminized poverty, pension credits for the main carer have encouraged men to do more unpaid care work."
— Jan 19, 2026 03:31PM
Women in Bolivia are credited a year of pension contributions per child, up to 3. As a side benefit + long term solution to the feminized poverty, pension credits for the main carer have encouraged men to do more unpaid care work."
Beka
is 12% done
"A study found that Uber Pool was quite a bit quicker than public transit in Chicago.
Given women's time poverty, women's paid and unpaid work combines into a longer working day than men's, so Uber Pool might seem attractive; except it costs 3x more than public transit. Women are also more cash poor than men, due to the gender pay gap around the world that varies depending on where you are."
— Jan 19, 2026 02:12PM
Given women's time poverty, women's paid and unpaid work combines into a longer working day than men's, so Uber Pool might seem attractive; except it costs 3x more than public transit. Women are also more cash poor than men, due to the gender pay gap around the world that varies depending on where you are."
