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Visible Women is a podcast that discusses the dichotomy in our world by journalist, author, and activist Caroline Criado-Perez OBE. As a proud feminist, who has spent extensive amounts of time researching and probing into the gender data gap, Criado-Perez is now investigating other areas where misogyny lurks and is either blatant or nearly completely imperceptible. In one episode, she reveals shocking truths about how women involved in a car accident are 17% more likely to die than men. In a subsequent conversation, she touches on how pianos were built to fit men’s hands and therefore make it impossible for women — and men with smaller hands — to play certain pieces. In short, Criado-Perez addresses the ways in which our world is largely biased towards men in its design and what can be done to address that.

One particular theme has stuck with us? Women’s health. A number of episodes touch on discrepancies in research that have spelled disaster for women’s lives and wellbeing. The valorization of men’s health and wellbeing in the medical field is often incontrovertible. Limited hours and resources are often dedicated to finding solutions to men’s health problems, and this typically comes at the expense of advances in research pertaining to women’s health. The evidence is visible in areas like contraception, endometriosis, menstruation and even concussions that result from sports injuries and domestic violence: Areas that are under researched and underserved considering the important impact they have on mns of people’s lives.

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