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justicew98's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Eye opening to say the least
thepepperwoodchronicles's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
bibliophilecats's review against another edition
A few new issue I did not know or think about before (what is a work expense, size of piano keys)
But on the whole I knew about most issues and they have been known for years and years (most notably gender pay gap) but change does not happen or at a snails pace. This probably does mean one should work harder to counteract then and be louder, but for me it only means being angry but having no option to change anything meaningfully or directly and thus this leads to frustration (the book even, to me, made it seem like with algorythms and so-called AI, the bias will only be strengthened now). This book made me depressed and feeling helpless because I am shown that the world is made to discriminate me and make everything harder for me and there is hardly anything I can do (not least in part due to many of the issues listed in the book). A frustrating vicious cycle.
Positive:
Propably by being British, the book for once is not only US centric. I especially was interrested in data from my own country but I was happy to see non Western countries also represented, some of them not only mentioned in a list of "also here" but talked about in more detail (though I have a feeling that they are still underrepresented compared the North American and European countries).
avwbibliophile's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
REALLY really good. The gender data gap affects literally everything. This should be required reading for everyone. The only issue I had with it was it’s very data-heavy, which is why it’s so powerful, but it made it difficult for me to read it quickly; I had to read it in small chunks. That’s more of my own issue though, not the book’s.
REALLY really good. The gender data gap affects literally everything. This should be required reading for everyone. The only issue I had with it was it’s very data-heavy, which is why it’s so powerful, but it made it difficult for me to read it quickly; I had to read it in small chunks. That’s more of my own issue though, not the book’s.
juliloosle's review against another edition
5.0
Everyone needs to read this book. Don’t binge read though. Break it up and take time to process and reflect on each section of the book.
_kaylee_m_'s review against another edition
4.0
The part that made me cry:
"When the women were displaced and dispersed – and then had their homes demolished – they lost all that. But because we don’t measure women’s unpaid work, a need to maintain such informal ties once again was not factored into any rebuilding efforts. The social networks provided by the housing projects also meant that women felt safer, which in turn made them more mobile."
"When the women were displaced and dispersed – and then had their homes demolished – they lost all that. But because we don’t measure women’s unpaid work, a need to maintain such informal ties once again was not factored into any rebuilding efforts. The social networks provided by the housing projects also meant that women felt safer, which in turn made them more mobile."
bluehotwhite's review against another edition
5.0
Truly enlightening and devastating the extent to which women are not considered in so many facets of life (from product design to medical research to urban planning to policy design etc etc). It's disheartening and yet I feel better armed to advocate for myself and others and understand where the data gaps are.