How the Gender Gap is discriminating Women through design and how this affects Women

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INTRODUCTION THE ABSENCE PRESENCE 1.1 Gender Bias and Data (Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (important book to mention!) ) 1.2 Design and Ideals (male body as template for designing products/ Female Representation in the Design Field, how a female under representation in the field of design is contributing to that problem) 1.3 Historical Context (Why is this coming up now? (Me-Too-Movement) Third Wave Feminism) MODIFICATION OF THE FEMALE BODY AND MIND 2.1 Constructing the Female Body (Gender Politics/ Female vs. Male Body) 2.2 How this impacts the Way Women view themselves (example of Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf, viewing body as something that needs to be modified) DESIGN PRACTICE looking at Chindogu and adapting that concept as a personal design outcome to tackle the issue How humor can be used to inspire change Rebecca Horn (Body Extensions)