Astrid Linder developed the first female crash test dummy. Even if the use of female dummies is still not mandatory in the EU, the researcher is working with her colleague Lotta Jakobsson – head of the accident prevention department at Volvo – on crash tests that make cars safer for women’s bodies. To this day, women suffer more serious injuries to the cervical spine because the driver’s seat in the car is particularly suitable for men. The spectators are there when the Swedish engineers develop and test a new generation of dummies that also creates better safety for women.
On the 10th of September 2022 ZDF aired the program ‘plan b – Gleich und gerecht’. Even seemingly gender neutral areas of our society are designed by the male perspective, making life more difficult or even dangerous for #women. Can’t this be done better?