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Her cycle had been recently irregular, and she wanted to do a better job of tracking both her period and her moods in relation to it. So she test-drove some menstrual cycle apps, looking for one that would help her get the information she needed. What she found wasn’t so rosy. Most of the apps she saw were splayed with pink and floral motifs, and Delano immediately hated the gender stereotyping. But even more, she hated how often the products assumed that fertility was her primary concern—rather than, you know, asking her.
Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
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