Here’s a good starting point for those of you interested in learning more:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05707-8

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/technology-is-biased-too-how-do-we-fix-it/

Absolutely. The programmer must develop code to work within the expected parameters. A less heated example is left vs right handed. Most hotkeys are really geared towards right handed people. It is simply a byproduct of not looking beyond your experience. Software isn’t from God.