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Why Towns and Cities Are Not Built for Women
Welcome back to today’s article, which discusses the inequality women face in creating and developing towns and cities.
It is primarily because women do not factor in the conversations and the women that have children voices go unheard.
This is a data gap in the data gathered when designing the towns and the cities we live in.
On average, women are more reliant on public transport and less likely to drive.
In the UK, women take 30% more bus journeys than men per year.
Women also travel a longer distance on the bus, averaging 52 miles more than men.
Women are more likely to use the bus at least once weekly (64%) than men (57%).
The reason for this data is also ignorance.
Society sees the way the world is as the default male and meant for male bodies.
For example, the average size of the bricks we have in our homes their size matches the average male hand.
In contrast, brick sizes and the size of most tools don’t fit into the average length of a woman’s hand, and most personal protective equipment is designed for men.
We can see this in bullet-proof vests and stab vests that are not intended to protect women’s breasts…
