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mcrookston's review against another edition
5.0
“A man I briefly dated tried to win arguments with me by telling me I was blinded by ideology. I couldn’t see the world objectively, he said, or rationally, because I was a feminist and I saw everything through feminist eyes. When I pointed out that this was true for him too (he identified as a libertarian) he demurred. No. That was just objective, common sense – de Beauvoir’s ‘absolute truth’. For him, the way he saw the world was universal, while feminism – seeing the world from a female perspective – was niche. Ideological.”
spookyautumnleaves's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
slow-paced
3.75
mellie_me's review against another edition
4.0
This is a well written, interesting, thoroughly researched book about an extremely important issue… And the content is so depressing it took me months to listen to. It’s absolutely appalling.
I’d recommend this book to everyone, but I won’t be rereading unless I need to write a paper.
I’d recommend this book to everyone, but I won’t be rereading unless I need to write a paper.
ejdelorenze's review against another edition
4.0
Validating, eye-opening, and infuriating. Loved the author's dry humor. Engaging and well written.
realmsoffreedom's review against another edition
so bioessentialist it was distracting lmao
ecmills1995's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.5
Informative and well researched. A little repetitive
amandalsb's review against another edition
5.0
This was easily one of the best books I‘ve ever read. Admittedly it took me months to get through it, but that’s because it is so infuriating to read that I had to take breaks for my own sanity. The impacts of a lack of female data are so far reaching and ingrained in everything that it’s honestly a bit shocking and disheartening…from simple things like office temps, cabinet heights and phone sizes to more important topics of girls’ participation in sports, car safety, disaster relief and pharmaceutical R&D. The book is so packed with data from around that world that it really requires a slow and careful reading, but I have already cited in conversations the information I learned from this book more times than I can count. The number one book I am recommending to everyone!