my friend has a degree in physiotherapy and told me once that she has never seen a teaching skeleton that wasn’t male, not once
If you’re fixing any of these:
- Make sure you actually know what causes the difference. If medicine doses are wrong for women because the average man is heavier, that means they’re also wrong for short skinny men and maybe too low for big women. Adjust for weight instead of just setting a new standard for women.
- Be trans inclusive and inclusive of intersex people. The world isn’t build for trans women either. Again, knowing what makes the difference is essential. Example: hormones and chromosomes both effect the immune system.
There is no ‘female body’,
so if you’re going to adapt a medical treatment ‘for women’, what physical things do you actually mean?
- Be intersectional. Always remember that the world was also build for white people, for cis people, for abled people, for people not considered fat. That’s why bandages are beige. That’s why doctors are trained to recognize skin conditions on white skin. That’s why seat belts are too short for many people. Etc. etc. The list is long. If you’re going to build a better world, build it for all of us.
I’m 5'2 and often I have to perform unsafe habits when in a car like tucking the seatbelt strap under my armpit because if it didn’t the belt would lay directly on my throat.
MANY places are not built for people like me with photosensitivity and its hard to enjoy movies in general without the risk of seizing.
Adverse reactions to dosages need to be studied to find out the exact cause because the effects can be long lasting and damaging to your health and whatever caused it might also have similar reactions in unrelated medicine.
Glass or mirrored floors are horrible for people with motor disabilities, anxiety, overstimulation, or vertigo.