Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

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

8 reviews

himpersonal's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Lots of great points made, and I think it’s a book important for all genders, especially men, to read. There’s a one star review by someone named Carey who made some good critique of the book. So it’s also important to check sources and keep a balanced view. 

For my part, I was having to remind myself that there are lots of men in the world that I like and respect and who have had nothing to do with architecting any of these issues, even if some are guilty of perpetuating them unconsciously. Having grown up in a double patriarchy (Korean family in the US), I too am guilty of this and could’ve benefited from asking more questions.

This was highly relevant to me, for example, as a pianist. I had to give up at a certain point because my hand span was too small. Rather than asking why the pianos couldn’t be made smaller, I assumed the problem was me. Or every time I put on my seatbelt, I have to use an adjuster because the seats and belts are too big for my body. (I really think there’s a huge untapped market for car manufacturers of they’d design and sell cars just for women’s body!!!!, like in the billions!!!!). 

What’s frustrating about books like this - nothing gets done, even though we know better. 😢 Plus, women generally outlive men and in poorer health for all the reasons outlined and more. So we’re also having to live longer in these awful conditions. The unfairness never seems to end…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

idesofmarch's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, and War

gracie_reads_everything's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Literally everyone should just read this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

She talks about so many important topics but trigger warnings since these can be hard to hear about.

sydneyhenshaw's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

I really enjoyed this book and I learned a lot from it. It really helped me realize that some issues that seem frivolous can actually really add up or be more dangerous than they seem. I appreciated it covering the realities for women all over the world and telling a diverse bunch of  stories. I wish it would have spent a bit more time touching on intersectionality and how largely that impacts data gaps also. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

plantgal_jill's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

navyredrose's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ampam's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Eye-opening, and disheartening.

While I have known the world was designed for men (the phone I'm typing on right now is too big for my small, but not unusually sized hands, to be used one-handed easily), seeing the extent of it in everything from air bags to policy was very revealing. The book illustrated in many facets the repercussions of not taking women into account, and none are positive. It is quite daunting how much needs to be changed, and the book unfortunately does not offer any solutions for the world to be made more equitable from the flaws it pointed out in its writing. Additionally, the book does not delve into detail other intersectional identities like race, or at all for more prejudiced-against groups like LGBTQIA* folks. Regardless, it is a recommended read to understand how pervasive the idea of only designing for men and refusing to consider women is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Equal parts fascinating and frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Racism, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and War