Outstanding article, Muhammad! You write eloquently, precisely and bring the subject to life. I could almost feel the angst of the women in these times.

Howeer, een in today's world, women still are nowhere near equal as men. Because seeing humans as men is the default. Women are treated as “scaled-down men” and as Aristotle put it, “mutilated males”. Another example to show how entrenched male-bias is: hysterical is from the Greek word “hystera”, meaning womb.

As outlined in Caroline Perez's excellent "Inisible Women", women do 75% of the global unpaid work. Women have always worked (paid and unpaid) but the traditional workplace hasn’t worked for women. It is tailored to an unencumbered worker, i.e., the male default.

I'd appreciate your feedback on my article as I think it's a perfect data-driven companion piece to your wonderful writing, do let me know what you think!

https://medium.com/illumination/men-are-the-default-women-are-the-exception-5fe65880aeda