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Glad it resonated! Sometimes it helps to create some distance between our day to day and where we want to be (and where we have been!)

Glad it helped you!

Thank you, I’m glad even one person has appreciated it! Makes me very happy and motivated to continue 🌞

Thanks Elizabeth! I filmed quite a few videos before I felt confident to post one again. Now that the barrier is broken again, more to come!

Thanks for adding a positive comment in the ocean of the rest! It's very motivating for me when someone shares that they've learned something, it keeps me going! (I've decided not to reply to those comments going forward :) )

That makes me so happy! I just need one person to appreciate a video for it to be worth it

What’s the logic fallacy? And what’s your interpretation of macho?

Thanks for engaging!

I think you made the point for me? Unisex dummies mean there is less data about how women’s necks snap… so engineering and design don’t account for the differences

Ok, I saw the whole video. I still don't know what a "masculine car" is, or in what way a female designer is doing better or worse. I think the main drive for design in the car industry is to maximize profits. It is sad, it will probably destroy many lifes, and maybe also the future of our children. It will probably also kill the auto industry but it will be well deserved. I am an European, we have an EV since 2010 and a Tesla model 3 since 2018 (the only car of a family of 5), but I use my bicycle to go to work (as most of my colleagues), my wife walks to work (because she enjoys it), my children use public transportation (as most of my students). My point is that my children have to plan to buy a car in the future, and they will drive only if (or when) there is no other option. So I do not know what a man or woman or inclusive car is, but I am quite sure the auto industry is not capable to build the car we need, what ever the gender of the designer. The car industry just wants to make profits, especially short term profits ; and maybe the worse is that in our society, it is exactly what the auto industry is supposed to do. BTW, I do not agree with what you said about EVs at the end, an EV emits less CO2 than an ICE car even when the electricity comes from coal, even taking into account the production of the battery. And of course it is *far* better with green electricity. Idem for the mining, it is not worse than with ICE cars, just different resources so new mines. Just extracting oil is more damaging than all the mining for minerals for EVs. Not to mention motors and batteries main components are metals, and metals can be recycled, so mining will decrease when all cars will be electrics. I will not argue any more on EVs, my comment is already far too long, but my feeling after you final point on EVs is that the issue is not male or female but education (at school, university, but also via the society we live in). Anyway, thanks for your video.

Women love big SUVs. This woman is desperately pinging for some woke trash.

@@Mike-fx4nu Not all women love SUVs, I personally hate them. Take up too much space, unnecessarily bulky which makes them more dangerous to other people (particularly pedestrians and bike riders). I live in a city where having a big car would be incredibly impractical. SUVs are only popular in the USA because the regulations for “light trucks” are more lax than for other cars.

@didierpuzenat7280 thanks for watching to the end and for writing out a comment with good criticism and feedback, I appreciate it. I agree, I should have defined and contextualised masculinity (I now see that is the weak point in my argument). As for the point around EVs vs ICE cars, how the "sustainability" of the car is measured is still being determined. Co2 is one piece of the puzzle, but is an easier one because methodology is established. Here's a report from Volvo unpacking parity points with different electricity mixes (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/www.volvocars.com/images/v/-/media/market-assets/intl/applications/dotcom/pdf/c40/volvo-c40-recharge-lca-report.pdf)... another good point of feedback for me: provide the resources and data for my commentary. Ultimately, I think we agree that irregardless of gender, we don't have the cars we need for the future (only the cars the current people in these companies can make within the cost margins they have). My point is that we won't get different solutions if we have the same people with the same backgrounds making the product.

I mean... yes! I started my career at adidas, and they had a program called S.E.E.D which basically doubled the number of black female shoe designers in the industry every cohort. Why? There were so FEW, and no opportunities to develop skills and a network. But why not shoes and cars at the same time?

@@careybydesign Can't populate the shoe designer world to such level that race and gender disparagy are eliminated under their own statistics. But wanna deform the car and aerospace designer world with the aid of contribed race and gender quanta as hiring criteria. How stupid do you need to get ?

But where did the idea that cars are for men begin? Like a lot in our gendered cultures, things are the way they are because at some point they were labeled for "men" or "women". Cars for sure. The women I know in traditionally male car design roles like interior / exterior / head of - learned to love cars in their childhood because their dad took them to events or worked in the industry - they were exposed to cars, played with cars and someone they admired said they could work with them... I don't believe women and men are naturally attracted to different paths, I think society teaches it to us. I think they don't account for half of the population because the people (mostly men) who make decisions don't see the value because it doesn't affect them.

@@careybydesign I would have agreed with you that car manufacturing has been biased towards men in the beginning. But there were practical reasons for it: car manufacturing was initially made especially by hand, through hard physical work in industries. It was 99% of the manufacturing companies men at that time, also the buyers were mostly men because they were the ones with the salary back then. Finally, motorsport has also been male dominated both for risk and physicality that attracts more men than women. All of this, I am not saying it is good, but there are practical reasons behind it. Today society has fortunately changed. Today, if a little girl wants to play with cars there is nothing stopping her (at least in the western world). Me, for example, I grew up with only women, no one in my family cared a lot about cars. Still here I am The women you know that were brought into the car culture by their fathers, I think it's great, I wish I could say the same! But our generation, with all the media, internet, etc... if there is a field we want to know more and get closer to, we all have the same tools. There are a lot less men in teaching and biological, nursing jobs. And I don't think it is a problem. I don't think we have to 'force' either gender in a particular direction just for reaching the famous 50/50 ratio. Apparently there are even more women in high education now, more than men. I think proposing limited positions in schools/jobs based on gender is anti democratic and the opposite of equality. We have to give parity of opportunities, not parity of results. If as you say it's all based on preconceived notions, these will shift naturally over time together with society. It will take a bit more time, but it will be a natural process

Interesting! Do you think this is because there are no alternatives in the market? So they will still sell as many scooters - without having to change their design + manufacturing tooling? ... many someone can come along and disrupt this space!

@@careybydesign It's been this way since the 90s when modern scooters came on the market. And these are models developed for South Asia... people everywhere here are short. These are mostly used by women, too. And even if these were India-specific models, surely they wouldn't mind retooling after about 30 years. TVS makes a shorter scooter called the TVS Scooty, but it's just one model. Even the all-new EV scooters are tall and heavy. I think it's just a lack of common sense among manufacturers.

They make different sizes of scooters...

Agreed! Glad I’m not the only one 🙌

Just Google it? BMW Z4 was designed by an all female team. There are plenty more, but they tend to look similar but less edgy in a literal sense.

What about being safer for men than women? Also what most people like?

Arghh, arghh, arghh, arghh, arghh! That is how cars should be and women should either stay in the home or put on some overalls and learn to get greasy turning wrenches!

Yes and no. Most people need functional cars (what you describe), but wealthy people who are in the premium market desire and can afford something more. Thats where this argument falls short, as it doesn't account for the lack of consideration for different people at a premium market level...

a comment is a comment!

The fact that the model 3 AWD I bought is a powerful car was definitively an argument *not* to buy it. And I have been driving my car in "chill mode" for the last 6 years. A powerful cars means more insurance to pay, a higher top speed so larger tires that cost money and emit dangerous particles (even if you do not drive fast), and since people are often stupid it also mean more horrible accidents. And of course, when not electric, a powerful car means more pollution and CO2 so you must really hate your children to buy one. Not to mention you are better not pressing the wrong pedal with a car that can accelerate as a supercar and reach 250 km/h even in a city. And what for ? The speed limit in my city is 30 km/h and 130 km/h of highways. And I am quite sure I am not the only one, so at least for Europe, I am quite sure you are wrong.

Thanks Alex! I feel this way more and more about creating content and building an audience.

I agree to an extent, and I also see the second and third order effects of the lack of change down the line... just like climate change, it means death (for the corporate in this context). I want to make a video about this!

Exactly! I’m lucky enough to work in an environment where it’s natural, and I know it’s not the case for most people. But hopefully the more we speak about these moments, the more we can normalise them!

Very happy to share, and hopefully add value!

Sometimes we have to do too much of the *opposite* of our goals, to reaffirm our direction!

It's definitely not only women who have barriers working against them. As for the studio, I'm unsure. I've had several conversations with different women about their full careers, which span across different companies. Comments on appearance are common (especially a few years ago when there was less of a 'cancel culture').

Thank you! I’m excited for the next one🥳

As someone working the auto industry, I have to disagree with you. The statistics don't support your arguments. What is a high number of women? Because in automotive design that number is 4% excluding CMF design. There have only been 3 female CEOs of an OEM total. EVER. I also see that you have misunderstood the content of the video. The value of having a more equal ratio of demographics, is that they are able to challenge 'how things are done' without fear of negative consequences from the people in power who are not like them.Just because legal requirements aren't sufficient, doesn't mean companies can make products that ARE sufficient. Maybe if people who were designing and deciding about products were the ones affected, the products would be more inclusive. The system level barriers prevent women from wanting to work at an OEM. Watch my next video to understand that.

As someone also working in the automotive industry -- Volvo Cars, btw, who lead vehicle safety out there; And as someone who has worked at the crash analysis department; I can confirm -- I did not have a single female coworker, and that caused us to not have enough diversity in the teams to even begin challenging the status quo, as Carey is doing in the video. This kind of content is so important to bring forward these issues and maybe inspire more women to want to tackle these problems. Is it possible to add new crash requirements? Absolutely.

@@ViianaCodes If you develop the cars for different requirements they will perform worse and get a lower rating with the norm dummies. Without alterations to the legal requirements this will never happen. In our department there is quite a vew women: They are doing the same job as everybody else. We always knew the requirements are BS and never seized to joke about it. Call it diversity, I call it common sense.

Exactly! I say women, to make an extreme point, but I really mean people who bring different perspectives and can better serve people a product

Thank you! Setting up different incentives in the system is absolutely one way to change course here🙌

Awesome! Would love to hear how it goes🙌

Thanks Timoteig❤️

I really like Zain Kahn as a generalist ( he's on Twitter, LinkedIn and has a great newsletter). Eyisha Zyer is another generalist (with some personality too!)

Thank you! This is exactly the feeling and reaction I hope for people watching my content- seeing the potential and possibilities!

Thanks Jenny! Good catch, James Clear has informed a lot of my thinking as I build my personal systems… we might not always like who or where we are, we can always work towards something else!

Totally Elizabeth! Developing a feeling of belonging while maintaining your own identity and sense of self is a great way to move past imposter syndrome too

Fair! I was trying something a bit different, but great to have this feedback. Thanks!

I'm so sorry to hear that Elizabeth, all I can say is I know how difficult this is. My father has recently passed away from cancer and it's terrible. There is so much I've learned through the process, but I'm not ready to share too much yet. All I can say is the difficult discussions are the ones that are most rewarding, but for me I wish I also took more time just to 'be'. Not to try to fix or change, but to appreciate what you can.