I actually love viz that demand some decoding, if decoding forces you to think about data a new way. But this graph added a ton of complexity by separating mal

I actually love viz that demand some decoding, if decoding forces you to think about data a new way. But this graph added a ton of complexity by separating male and female populations across the axis. It's impossible to read the ratio between men and women, except to the trivial point that it's about 50/50 - which is the only thing forcing the pyramid metaphor. Feels like a purely aesthetic choice - data viz equivalent of clickbait?