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

83 reviews

dandelioncasey's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

sarakate93's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

kadrireads_'s review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

“ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴅᴇᴇᴘʟʏ ᴍᴀʟᴇ-ᴅᴏᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ, ʜᴀꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴀꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴀʟ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ—ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏꜰ ʜᴀʟꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴏʙᴀʟ ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ—ɪꜱ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴀꜱ, ᴡᴇʟʟ, ɴɪᴄʜᴇ.”

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

I found this book a couple of years ago, started it, but never finished. Well, I finished it now as an audiobook. 

What an informative and important book!
Obviously, I already knew a lot of data gaps that exist between genders. But honestly, it is shocking, how male-centric the world actually is, when you start to dig deeper.

One of the more memorable points that the book made was that for some reason we treat 50% of the population of the world as a minority. Women are not a minority, we are half to world’s population and it is unacceptable that we don’t treat women as such.

Definitely recommend this book to everyone especially men.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

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

nxlee_'s review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual harassment

kimharper's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Classism

cassyopee's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.75

Info dump , very informative, dense, jaw-dropping, eye-opener.

I would use those words to describe this incredible book and research work. I learnt so much about how women are perceived (or more accuratly not perceived) in our world and the devastating consequences this has and could continue to have if things do not change. From health to natural disasters, to politics and transport infrastructures, the gender data gap is everywhere. 
I recommend this book to anyone who is curious about the gender based statistics (and lack thereoff).
It was also usefull for broader learning and understanding of society as Caroline Criado Perez, explained a few key psychological concepts that could be used to explain other discriminations and data gaps, aside from the invisibility of women. 
All the studies, books, statistics, reports and articles stated in the different chapters are referenced at the end of the book.

I noticed a few typos here and there but nothing too bothersome. The only thing that stood out to me in a negative way was the use of the term "asperger" in a paragraph which is seen as discriminatory in the autistic commuty. It's only a paragraph and a lot of people are not aware of the fact that this not a used term anymore, so although I mention it, I personall  don't think it is a reason to bypass such a great book.

Also, if you have trouble with numbers or very dense books that give a lot of informations, a bit like info dumps, I would warn you that it might be a difficult read. Not impossible, but not easy. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ashley_krull's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

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