Beka’s Reviews > Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men > Status Update

"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."

"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."

Wtaf........

"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."

"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?"

"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."

"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."

"Men tend to travel on their own, but women travel encumbered -- by shopping, by buggies, by children or elderly relatives they're caring for.

A 2015 survey on travel in London found that women are significantly less likely than men to be satisfied with streets + pavement after their last journey by foot. Women are more likely to be affected by inadequate walkways, with buggies or without."