Especially men, though I doubt many will. I didn't know most medical trials only include men "for simplicity" which results in medication not working as well or at all for women. Many other points are mentioned where women are disregarded in planning for transport, architecture, taxation systems etc. resulting in disadvantages that affect women's lives disproportionately. This is wild considering that this is half the population.
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velvet_shrimp started reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when …
velvet_shrimp rated Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit: 5 stars
Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit by Sten Nadolny
The Discovery of Slowness (original German title: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit) is a novel by Sten Nadolny, written under a …
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Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit by Sten Nadolny
The Discovery of Slowness (original German title: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit) is a novel by Sten Nadolny, written under a …
Invisible Women : Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
Imagine a world where...
· Your phone is too big for your hand · Your doctor prescribes a drug that …
But 'twas all in vain, they were now told, it was their business to turn their Minds to another World, and sincerely to repent of what Wickedness they had done in this. "Yes", answered one of them, "I do heartily repent; I repent I had not done more Mischief, and that we did not cut the Throats of them that took us, and I am extremely sorry that you an't hang'd as well as we." "So do I", says another: "And I", says a third; [...]
— A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe
velvet_shrimp rated Ender's Game: 4 stars
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date …
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date …
velvet_shrimp wants to read Apocalypse Child by Carly Butler
Apocalypse Child by Carly Butler
Carly Butler was a lively, imaginative child being raised by her strong and independent mom, DJ, in 1990s Montana. They …
velvet_shrimp wants to read A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith
A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, …
A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe
Plates facing pp. 70, 157 and folded plate facing p. 259.
A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe
Plates facing pp. 70, 157 and folded plate facing p. 259.
velvet_shrimp started reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date …