Reviews tagging 'War'

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

55 reviews

kqwalker's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It is infuriating that these issues still persist even when they are known. I connected a lot with the topic of this book due to my lived experiences and as someone who loves data.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: War

whenindoubtturnleft's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Genocide, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cicizzy's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

I think books like that are really important. We need to know who is (un)intentionally getting discriminated against and in what way, to find ways to fix it. It also gives you a few more arguments for feminism and why it is still needed in 21st century industrial countries. And while the book doesn’t explicitly mentions it, it at least also makes you think about data about other groups like BIPOC people or people with disabilities or also children and elderly.

HOWEVER when I wanted to follow up on a few studies it turned out that some were criticized for being very fishy like the mentioned statistic from GapJumpers also about hiring women or weren’t even published in any way like the „alleged“ study of Speak with a Geek about hiring women. Apparently nobody has ever seen that study. This is a book about the lack correct data! A big message of the book is that we need to look more closely at the data we have and base our decisions on. And yet the data used to base this book on is also incorrect?! 

I can’t in good conscience give more than 3 stars for this book because of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hmtierra22's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

agncl's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

julesdmuells's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

An absolute must-read. This is a thorough and riveting survey of a world built on the "default-male bias," the internalized idea that humankind is represented by an adult man, and women are an afterthought or a second iteration.
Urban planning, pharmaceuticals, education, disaster relief, architecture, TV writers rooms, legislature (obviously), tech design, career mobility - every sector of adult life is touched by the phenomenon that women must be involved in research and decision-making, and when we fail to collect and sex-disaggregate data, women pay the price with anything from their income and time to their bodies and their lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and War

trapdorr's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Powerful. Reminds us that despite how far we have come in the last 50 years, there’s still so much farther to go on the road to equality. The overturn of Roe hadn’t even happened yet when this was published. I would love to hear the authors take on the control being exercised over women’s body’s now. “Gender neutral does not mean gender equal.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and War

tayaingrid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

lonelyhyperion's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative medium-paced

3.0

Very informative and an easy read despite being so statistic-heavy. Interspersed with a good amount of humour to lighten the depressing nature of the topic. I think in some places it lost me because the "fixing the data gap" solution rang a bit hollow when you comprehend the vastness of the problem. And as other reviews point out, there was a lack of discussion of trans identities... 

PS -- interesting to read this in the run up to the 2024 American election, as Kamala Harris makes a quick appearance in the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

wngwendy's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

after years of interchangeably picking this book up, i'm glad to say i have finished this. This is one of the most important books I have ever read and I recommend that literally everyone reads this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and War