Sharron Paul

Weight loss advice is based on studies conducted on men and applied to women. When female hormones enter the picture, science suddenly finds it ‘too complicated’ and ‘too expensive’ so they study men, apply the results to women, and pretend it’s universal truth. As a result, the recommendations women receive are often based on male physiology and when they don’t work, the blame is placed on women. Not the research. Not the bias. Women. Science has historically neglected female bodies. This isn’t controversial, nor is it a theory. It’s how medical research has operated for decades. The research is deemed ‘done’ because it’s been ‘done’ on men. The studies are male. The standard is male. The failure is assigned to women.