Have you ever thought about design and gender? Did you know that car crash testing mostly happens on male dummies? Have you realized that a brick perfectly fits a male hand? Are you aware that the office space temperature is based on the male metabolizm? Certain jobs such as house cleaning and working in nail salons are not regulated by health standards yet they mostly employ women, what about those? And how should the space usage differ in terms of design of toilets for men and women in order to have specific gender needs met?

I talked to Kate - a UX Designer based in Copenhagen, about the implications of designing for gender equality and the neglect of women's needs in the areas of design such as technology, public spaces, products and work environments. Based on “Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men”, a book by Caroline Criado-Perez.