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Default Male Lens and Abortion Myths: Two Feminist Snapshots That Fired Me Up

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Why do people still say women make “careless” decisions about abortion – and how can you shut that argument down fast? And what does it have to do with a shocking PhD thesis on endometriosis?

In this episode of The Scenic Route, you’ll get:

A toolkit to counter the “careless abortion” myth from three angles: logic, evidence, and power.
Evidence-based insights you can drop in conversation to cut through opinion with data.
A clearer lens on structural bias – why women’s pain is underfunded and dismissed, and how the “default male” still shapes medicine.
Practical ways to spot and challenge bias in your own life, research, and everyday conversations.

Mentioned in this episode:

Criado Perez, C. (2019). Invisible women: Exposing data bias in a world designed for men. Abrams Press.
Foster, D. G., Biggs, M. A., Ralph, L., Gerdts, C., Roberts, S., & Glymour, M. M. (2018). Socioeconomic outcomes of women who receive and women who are denied wanted abortions in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 108(3), 407–413. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304247
National Institutes of Health. (2023). Estimates of funding for various research, condition, and disease categories (RCDC). Retrieved from https://report.nih.gov/funding/categorical-spending

By the end of this episode, you’ll have the arguments, the evidence, and the confidence to dismantle abortion myths and to recognise structural bias whenever women’s health and autonomy are sidelined.

👉 Hit play and add these tools to your feminist toolkit.

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Chapters

1. Welcome to the Scenic Route (00:00:00)

2. Endometriosis Research and Male Perspective (00:01:39)

3. Debunking "Careless" Abortion Arguments (00:06:07)

4. Understanding Morality as Social Control (00:13:45)

5. Your Toolkit for Challenging Gender Bias (00:16:31)

6. Closing Thoughts (00:19:01)

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