Gender Bias in UX/UI Design

A male avatar as default. I don't wear ties.

I just stumbled upon yet another example of puzzling, gender-biased UX/UI that flies under the radar and dismisses half of its users.

ManageWP places on every profile a male avatar wearing a tie as default that can’t be changed easily. The company suggests you pull into your profile a new avatar by heading to a 3rd party site, Gravatar, where you have to register to proceed. ManageWP doesn’t seem to find it…