The Missing Female Perspective

The downsides of repeatedly ignoring the point of view of over half the global population.

• Talk about the missing so-called “female perspective” is rife, and has prompted governments and researchers around the globe to look into the issue and try and find ways to mitigate consequences.
• Women are not just vastly underrepresented in boardrooms, they are also largely absent from news headlines, medical research trials, academia, art exhibitions and so on.
• The extent of just how male-centred the world is became painfully clear in “Invisible Women”, a book that exposed the extensive absence of women from data in areas such as tech, medicine and design.
• In a world designed largely by and for men, with a “gender data gap” that directly causes worse financial, career, lifestyle and health outcomes for women, gender equality becomes impossible.
• And with life often imitating art, the underrepresentation of women in the arts and culture realms creates unhealthy, reductive narratives that shape social behaviour to the disadvantage of women.
• Just how much the lives of women the world over are affected by a male-centred perspective is almost unbelievable, with more and more evidence coming to light that will hopefully inform future policy.