Living in a World designed for Men

In this week’s podcast there’s an awful lot of exposing! We’re talking gender bias; we throw light on how the lack of data in healthcare is killing women and it’s all to do with Aristotle (well in a round about way!). Also, in the workplace - why are women marginalised and made to work below their skillset? We dissect the incredible Invisible Women book by Caroline Criado Perez who gender myth busts the everyday items and lifestyles that we take for granted as females that are purely designed for males. We conclude Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, other and what a fantastic read.There’s fashion news you might not want to hear about from Jinty and Lou finds there’s a lot of fuckery around.We finish our Chinese Foodie month with a delicious Mango dessert. We don’t have to dig too deeply for the gender bias that is everywhere in our society. So why is there always a queue for the ladies’ toilets when the men’s are always empty? It’s all down to Urban plumbing & planning and the expectation that men require the same space as women, but menstruation, clothing issues and women who take children to toilet are not considered. Women are walking in the dark to find privacy in countries that do not have facilities for female toilets, our basic human function to urinate is being denied and putting women and girls in vulnerable situations.Did you know Iceland is the best place for a woman to live? In 1975 Icelandic women went on strike with 90% stopping all the unpaid work women do around the home. The worse time for women is during conflict and natural disasters when violence against women escalates, there’s also the problem that in some countries that suffer natural disasters, girls are set up to fail due to social prejudices against girls learning to swim and climb trees. And there’s a whole lot more we find out that that exposes why the World is designed for men. In The Book Collective we conclude the brilliant Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other. And what a WOW of a book. This beautiful book comes to a superb conclusion with the characters coming together in the final pages. The ending is a sweet finale which will probably bring a tear to your eyes!Our new book for March is, How to Leave Your Psychopath, by Maddy Anholt, we can’t wait to start reading this essential handbook for escaping  toxic relationships. In The Foodie Lou makes the final recipe for our Chinese month, a vegan mango pudding. It’s a light and palette cleansing dish with vegan gelatine.Chinese Mango Pudding – Veganhttps://www.aspicyperspective.com/mango-pudding-dairy-free/ In the Wine Collective we try a fruity red, Trivento Private Reserve Malbec from Argentina, it’s an easy drinkable red with plum and raspberry aromas and is £10 in Tesco’s and currently £8 in Sainsburys. Jinty chooses a nonalcoholic rum from M&S -Golden Spice and Cola.  In the WI it’s our final week of learning our dance routine for Cameo’s Candy Girl. Thanks to one of our Collective , Elena for giving us this challenge. It’s a real treat on the eyes especially with our cod pieces! Please don’t forget to sign our petition for a menopause clinic in Devon campaign:https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinicOur #wheresmyclinic campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon has now launched a website with the petition and template letters to send to your MP and local CCG.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message☕ SUBSCRIBE for honest chats on women’s health, feminist issues, sisterhood & smashing the patriarchy, one cuppa at a time.💛 Enjoying the podcast? Please share, leave us a review or comment!If you would like to you can Buy us a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast💬 We love hearing from you, email us your ideas here Jinty & Lou @ [email protected]👀 Join us on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/womenkindcollective?igsh=ZmxmbGs2d3BjcXA1&utm_source=qr🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/womenkind-collective/id1557937820🎧 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/42KniEtc5WGQhNvREsN1WP?si=e14a83c93a304bb3And all your favourite Podcast PlatformsThank you for Listening Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.