Why not simply look at statistics like that, without "gender hacking"? And how long have they been doing it, do they have updated statistics? Also severity of the injuries? What about the emergency doctors trying to reach patients on roads that are not cleared? What number of injuries are we talking about?
"An analysis of Sweden’s snow clearance practices showed that it disadvantaged women, who were more likely to walk, while employment districts where men predominantly worked were more likely to have streets plowed first."
> What about the emergency doctors trying to reach patients on roads that are not cleared?
Generally not a problem, snow is cleared from roads quite promptly all over Scandinavia.
I've lived in Norway for nearly forty years and have never been able to call my employer saying that I can't get to work (22 km away) because of snow or ice. It has never even been a cause of me being late for work.
That's how it should be really. Having lived in some really cold countries, people just....go about with their day. Snow on the road? Have winter tyres and/or chains, it's really not a big deal.
Now I live in the UK and it's hilarious(and sad) to see offices, schools and kindergadens close when there is FROST on the road - not even snow, just the temperatures are below zero, things are a bit frozen, so my kindergarden calls me up not to come in today because they determined it's too dangerous for parents to drive in. Like....what??? I know everyone in this country uses summer tyres all year round but sheesh, just....get a grip(pun not intended). When there is actual snow on the road(and I mean like....1 inch of it) it's like apocalypse hit, police advise people not to leave their homes, no one knows how to drive(or if they do they inevitably drive 3mph, even thought he road has been cleared and salted)......I know it's "unusual", but it's not like Egypt where they see snow once in 20 years - it does snow pretty much every year for a few days.
We have a similar issue with heat-related rail buckling closing lines in the summer. If you run a railway in Morocco it's a lot hotter and you never close lines for that reason - but that's because the tension of the rails there is adjusted for hotter temperatures. A hard frost would cause Moroccan rails to fracture as they shrank, while ours remain within tolerance.
> Plow the sidewalks first because of the social preference to protect women
> Emergency services are not impacted because snow is cleared from the roads promptly
Either we sacrificed men/drivers in favor of women/walkers or we just did more snow clearing.
So now they probably just had the sidewalk clearers start work earlier, and clean an extra time, problem seemingly solved.
The injuries are generally bruises. Sprains, at worst. Slipping and falling is painful, but unless you're old and frail you're very unlikely to crack or break anything.
Also the interpretation that it is "discrimination of women" seems dubious. After all, they are probably walking because they don't have to get to work, like the men (including the snowplough drivers). Then you are down to subjective values (not having to work vs slipping on ice and so on). Somehow people have forgotten that working is not an end in itself, but usually a means to support a family.