When it comes to biological and medical research, women's bodies have long been overlooked. Researcher and author Cat Bohannon says there's a "male norm" in science that prioritizes male bodies over female bodies — in part because males have fewer "complicating" factors.
"The majority of studies that use mice are only studying the males," Bohannon explains. "Because in all [female] mammals there's an estrus cycle, ... a decision was essentially made by many different people in biology a long time ago that, well, maybe we just won't study the females, because the guys don't have that."
