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An economy built for men – How sexism is holding up innovation
- h2odragon 5y ago> The electric car was seen as being “feminine” Projecting today's prejudices onto historical events doesn't tell you anything about the history. We have vast advances in battery technology now that still can't make electric cars the obvious win for many use cases. 100 years ago, the competition wasn't anything like as close.
- tomkurtcat 5y agoLooking at writings from the time and how electric cars were marketed, one can definitely say that they were seen as being "feminine". So it's not a "projecting of todays's prejudices".