- New age feminism, what could that be in the future.
- Pregnancy and the issues surrounding it.
- The mundane issues - washing pots, doors left open, loud neighbours.
- Politics made more engaging for a younger audience.
- Lack of representation within the design community - visiting speakers, how could these be expanded?
- The costs of being a student - self and support system.
- Invisible women, middle age women in society, what happens to them?
Invisible Women Research:
> 'Invisible Women - Exposing the Data Bias in a World Designed for Men'
- Discussing the gender data gap, how data is mainly based off of men, so data about males is being projected onto women when it doesn't apply.
- Talks about simple things like shelves being set at male height, rooms being set to male temperatures, and how these impact women but are not life threatening. But, also discusses the more serious side of the gender data gap, how car safety features are designed around male body types, how when women show symptoms of a heart attack they're deemed atypical.
- Very interesting opening paragraph to the book, the information is something I hadn't thought about or realised before.
> Women becoming invisible once they're over the age of 40.
- Lots of accounts on articles about women feeling invisible once they get to a certain age (around 50/60), personal accounts.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/21st-century-aging/200908/the-invisible-years
https://sixtyandme.com/why-women-our-age-are-saying-i-feel-invisible/
> Pregnancy being an isolated topic not discussed until you're pregnant
- Women finding out that them being pregnant and it having a negative impact on their careers (in regards to investors). https://qz.com/1686054/we-cant-talk-about-workplace-equality-when-we-still-punish-women-for-getting-pregnant/
> Expectancy of women having to become mothers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/27/pregnancy-is-a-life-experience-id-rather-avoid-that-doesnt-mean-im-selfish
- Really interesting article, first statement sparked a lot of intrigue . 'I recently conducted a very scientific study in the pub with some straight male friends. “Have you ever wanted to experience pregnancy?” I asked. The answer was an emphatic “absolutely not”. In the interests of methodological rigorousness, I rephrased my question. “Do you ever feel sad you aren’t able to experience what it’s like to grow a human inside you?” Again, 100% of respondents answered with some variation of, “Hell, no.”'
- Not only does pregnancy mess with your hormones, it appears to mess up your DNA; giving birth may add the equivalent of 11 years to a woman’s biological age.
-Surrendering your body to a growing mass of cells for nine months feels like a necessary evil rather than something to savour or actively desire. And yet women are often told that pregnancy is a beautiful and amazing experience they should welcome and rejoice in; and that you are selfish if you resent it. In the same way that society still frowns on women who have no interest in having children, there’s a stigma, I think, in saying that you find the idea of being pregnant borderline repulsive (as I do).
https://utswmed.org/medblog/ok-to-dislike-pregnancy/
- discussing the difficulties of pregnancy, refreshing.
> Women in children's books being the main caretaker.
> Biology, a more graphic design way of presenting science that isn't and infographic.88
> 'Invisible Women - Exposing the Data Bias in a World Designed for Men'
- Discussing the gender data gap, how data is mainly based off of men, so data about males is being projected onto women when it doesn't apply.
- Talks about simple things like shelves being set at male height, rooms being set to male temperatures, and how these impact women but are not life threatening. But, also discusses the more serious side of the gender data gap, how car safety features are designed around male body types, how when women show symptoms of a heart attack they're deemed atypical.
- Very interesting opening paragraph to the book, the information is something I hadn't thought about or realised before.
> Women becoming invisible once they're over the age of 40.
- Lots of accounts on articles about women feeling invisible once they get to a certain age (around 50/60), personal accounts.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/21st-century-aging/200908/the-invisible-years
https://sixtyandme.com/why-women-our-age-are-saying-i-feel-invisible/
> Pregnancy being an isolated topic not discussed until you're pregnant
- Women finding out that them being pregnant and it having a negative impact on their careers (in regards to investors). https://qz.com/1686054/we-cant-talk-about-workplace-equality-when-we-still-punish-women-for-getting-pregnant/
> Expectancy of women having to become mothers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/27/pregnancy-is-a-life-experience-id-rather-avoid-that-doesnt-mean-im-selfish
- Really interesting article, first statement sparked a lot of intrigue . 'I recently conducted a very scientific study in the pub with some straight male friends. “Have you ever wanted to experience pregnancy?” I asked. The answer was an emphatic “absolutely not”. In the interests of methodological rigorousness, I rephrased my question. “Do you ever feel sad you aren’t able to experience what it’s like to grow a human inside you?” Again, 100% of respondents answered with some variation of, “Hell, no.”'
- Not only does pregnancy mess with your hormones, it appears to mess up your DNA; giving birth may add the equivalent of 11 years to a woman’s biological age.
-Surrendering your body to a growing mass of cells for nine months feels like a necessary evil rather than something to savour or actively desire. And yet women are often told that pregnancy is a beautiful and amazing experience they should welcome and rejoice in; and that you are selfish if you resent it. In the same way that society still frowns on women who have no interest in having children, there’s a stigma, I think, in saying that you find the idea of being pregnant borderline repulsive (as I do).
https://utswmed.org/medblog/ok-to-dislike-pregnancy/
- discussing the difficulties of pregnancy, refreshing.
> Women in children's books being the main caretaker.
> Biology, a more graphic design way of presenting science that isn't and infographic.88
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