> Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. After all, Apple’s first diversity report did show that the company is mostly white and male. So it’s likely that menstrual cycles just aren’t a concern for a majority of the company’s employees. But that shouldn't be an excuse.
https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/25/6844021/apple-promised-an...
> But considering that plenty of other, extremely popular apps for menstrual tracking already exist (Clue and Period Tracker are two stand-outs), all we have to say is, thanks for finally including women in your world, Apple. Welcome to ours.
https://www.health.com/pregnancy/apple-finally-adds-period-t...
> That Apple overlooked period tracking as a key function that roughly half the population would expect to see included in a comprehensive health tracking app is not entirely a surprise.
> Apple today is a company where only 30 percent of its employees are female, and only 20 percent of those in engineering positions are female.
https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/09/apple-stops-ignoring-women...
This last one comes from The Washington Post, perhaps demonstrating that sometimes you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t:
> Apple notoriously ignored women's health issues as it developed previous versions of Health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/06/17...