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slice98's review against another edition
2.0
It feels odd to give a low rating to a book about such an important topic, but I can't give it more than 2 stars. I don't regret reading it, but it didn't leave enough of an impact on me for me to recommend it.
I wish she would have discussed the examples/topics more and not just accounted for them, considering what a complex issue it can be. It often felt like she dropped interesting information and then quickly moved on to the next topic.
While I understand that the author maybe didn't want to leave anything out it could have been half as long and still made the same points. It had some really eye-opening and scary examples, but they got tangled up and nearly forgotten about because of the large amount of facts and examples.
Speaking of leaving things out- I do find it weird that the author didn't find the place to mention trans people, since it's very important considering the topic. The book came across as very black-and-white and didn't really mention the complexity of having everything (car sears, for example) adapted to as many people as possible. I really wish she would've discussed this further.
I wish she would have discussed the examples/topics more and not just accounted for them, considering what a complex issue it can be. It often felt like she dropped interesting information and then quickly moved on to the next topic.
While I understand that the author maybe didn't want to leave anything out it could have been half as long and still made the same points. It had some really eye-opening and scary examples, but they got tangled up and nearly forgotten about because of the large amount of facts and examples.
Speaking of leaving things out- I do find it weird that the author didn't find the place to mention trans people, since it's very important considering the topic. The book came across as very black-and-white and didn't really mention the complexity of having everything (car sears, for example) adapted to as many people as possible. I really wish she would've discussed this further.
orangecasio's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Crowds Perez manages to keep the subject matter light in most cases. Some topics are just to dark to keep light.
scuba888's review against another edition
5.0
I came in particular with interest in how urban design caters to and affects the sexes differently. The physical design/layout/and infrastructure of our cities has always been by men for men and fails to account for the fact that women have more complicated travels patterns that involve shorter, more frequent, non-linear, care related trips. “Trips for paid work are still valued more than trips made for unpaid care work.”
These chapters were fascinating, but unfortunately gender discrimination and underrepresentation is alive and well in all areas of society, and this book shed informative light on those as well.
“When we exclude half of humanity from the production of knowledge we lose out on potentially transformative insights.”
Wish all men would read this. Unfortunately, even if they did, I can see many dismissing this book as a whiny laundry list of women’s complaints and wanting to make “everything about gender.”
These chapters were fascinating, but unfortunately gender discrimination and underrepresentation is alive and well in all areas of society, and this book shed informative light on those as well.
“When we exclude half of humanity from the production of knowledge we lose out on potentially transformative insights.”
Wish all men would read this. Unfortunately, even if they did, I can see many dismissing this book as a whiny laundry list of women’s complaints and wanting to make “everything about gender.”
manateemira's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
beckeal's review against another edition
2.0
Called it at 42% read.
Giving up on this one. It spends toooo loooong saying everything it needs to say. And making the same point over and over and over and over. Too bad, because it’s an interesting concept and well researched and supported. I believe in it. But I don’t need to have it reasserted and reasserted over hundreds of pages of writing. Plus, the voice the author writes with undermines their stance. The constant “and if you can believe it, women were overlooked AGAIN?!” tone got tiresome and started to feel disappointingly biased. I mean, I think she’d been convinced by her own proof points, and so she should have been, but the incessant effort to “drive it home” to her readers wasn’t doing anyone any favours. Anyway, meh. Got the point, moving on.
Giving up on this one. It spends toooo loooong saying everything it needs to say. And making the same point over and over and over and over. Too bad, because it’s an interesting concept and well researched and supported. I believe in it. But I don’t need to have it reasserted and reasserted over hundreds of pages of writing. Plus, the voice the author writes with undermines their stance. The constant “and if you can believe it, women were overlooked AGAIN?!” tone got tiresome and started to feel disappointingly biased. I mean, I think she’d been convinced by her own proof points, and so she should have been, but the incessant effort to “drive it home” to her readers wasn’t doing anyone any favours. Anyway, meh. Got the point, moving on.
jenmangler's review against another edition
4.0
This book is going to make you angry. Good. We all should be angry about the systemic ways in which women are discriminated against and ignored.