Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

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

138 reviews

emilybarbian's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

1.0

This book SHOULD be 5 stars.  This book is important, engaging, and enlightening.  The author is thorough and clear, and she makes sure to explain how class, race, and culture intersect with patriarchal norms to create dangerous and deadly gaps in data and understanding for women.  

However, she purposely and repeatedly excludes trans and non-binary people.  This book is all about how dangerous it is to  exclude groups of people from data-gathering and decision-making spheres, and the fact that she intentionally does the same thing to trans people is baffling.  

Even more frustrating is that all of her arguments in the book apply to the trans community!  It would have taken zero extra effort to be inclusive, but instead she chose not to.  This is actively harmful, and it undermines her entire book.  I can’t in good conscience recommend this to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

zazzyb's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This is certainly a deep and insightful read. Its a book that I think every woman should read, its one I will suggest to my friends and family both men and women.

The author strips back the layers to the basics, men and women and asks us are we biased, we believe we aren't but we truly are.

This is a love letter to all the women who have complained before that their work clothes aren't designed for them and the women who complain that medicine is biased against periods. The women are forgotten in the male centred world. 

I would give this 5* which is totally deserves -- but it is very info heavy so can be a little confusing at points and there is a lot of statistics which means I did put it down a few times. 
Otherwise this was a fabulous read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

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

rrio's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

A great introduction to the gender data gap, it’s very enlightening and very frustrating. A book everyone should read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse

albon's review against another edition

informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

_kassiopeia_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

sarahlizzie's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

ruthmoog's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

4.5

Brilliant book that clearly explains the impact of excluding women's experience. It doesn't ignore the experience of non-white women either, but does acknowledge that although women and female data are missing, so too are data for non-white women plus pregnant and menstruateing women to a greater extent. Trans women however are not referenced at all.

It's very statistic heavy, and relentless, but a must read imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

sop17hie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

I had to put it down for days at a time because I would just get so frustrated with the state of the world, but glad this book exists. Already lent it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and War