Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

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

165 reviews

xxdeelxx's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

eternal_noodle's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.75

I needed to process this book in chunks so as not to succumb to the bone-deep rage and sadness I was feeling. It is extensively researched and should be a required read for everyone that deals with data (and everyone, period). I could feel the author’s frustration and she made a terrific narrator.

The 0.25 stars being knocked off was only due to the fact that each chapter followed a similar format and therefore lent a slight sense of redundancy. Perhaps that is the point, however! The gender data gap exists in every aspect of our lives. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

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

sicathekat's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

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

stripy_gloves's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abortion

author_d_r_oestreicher's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

 

TAKE THE INVISIBLE WOMEN CHALLENGE. Men need to read this book by Caroline Criado Perez. It will change your worldview. Women can skip it because they live it every day. With the subtitle, Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, the author shows (with 70 pages of references) the subtle and egregious ways bias against women plays out in daily life, work, product design, medicine, and politics. While you might imagine a familiarity with these topics, the author presents them with details and evidence that will surprise every reader. This book should be required for everyone. Three hundred pages to a new you. 

 

TAKE THE CHALLENGE! 

 

Check out https://amazon.com/shop/influencer-20171115075 for Omega Cats Press books and book recommendations. 

For my extended notes: https://1book42day.blogspot.com/2025/01/invisible-women-data-bias-in-world.html 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Classism

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