Women experience adverse health effects due to gender data gaps from "summary" of Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
The failure to account for women in medical research has had dire consequences. For example, heart attacks are often misdiagnosed in women because the symptoms are based on male experiences. This oversight has resulted in women being more likely to die from heart attacks than men. Additionally, women are more likely to experience adverse drug reactions because dosages are typically based on male bodies. This oversight is not just limited to heart attacks and drug dosages. For instance, car crash test dummies are based on the average male body, which means that women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in a car crash. Furthermore, the lack of gender data in medical research extends to conditions that primarily affect women. Endometriosis, a painful condition that affects 1 in 10 women of reproductive age, takes an average of 7.5 years to diagnose due to a lack of research...
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