Physical “crash test dummies” are a key component of car safety testing. EXCEPT - did you know that in the US for regulatory testing, the dummies they use are all designed around the “50th %-ile male”? Yep. They use a scaled-down 50%-ile male for women, and then for children, use a “5th %-ile female”. But really? The only thing that is “female” about her is her height and weight. Her proportions, her overall body structure? Just a scaled-down male. Not the proportions of a female, and not at all