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GENDER AND DESIGN
Also called 'Sex of Design'. Even though this course was mostly focused on architectural practices and how that is a male-dominated arena, there were so many other conversations in class about minority communities and how they situate themselves in different spaces if they are given the agency and freedom at all that is.
The one conversation which will probably stay with me for a very long time was when my professor asked us all to name a female architect. Simple questions, everyone managed to name one or google a name quickly, but nobody thought of our professors. These women who are changing how we see the world and making us grow like never before and nobody thought of naming them in a class of almost 50 people. It emphasized for me how no matter how 'woke' I think I am, I too could very much be a part of the problem I'm so vocal against if I don't constantly pay attention. For me this one question highlighted how talent right in front of our eyes goes unnoticed and underappreciated and I as a woman only added to the ignorance.