Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

So incredibly well researched it’s almost appalling. As you pick up the book, you think to yourself “how bad can it be?”, and then you read page by page just how deeply ingrained sexism is in our daily lives. The concept of males being perceived as the default was really something I sat on for a while.

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3.75

Great to see so many statistics and the thorough way of sharing all that data. I did like the book a lot, I just wish it was more intersectional. Where is race, disability and sexuality? Fat-, indigenous- and transwomen?
I get that the book was written with one topic (ciswomen) in mind and I guess there was just not enough space for more diverse point of views? But to be honest just like this book tells us women have been ignored and silenced for so long in a way that causes a lot of misinformation and suffering (which is true), in the exact same way it is ignoring all the intersectionality.

It’s a good start though, and I can’t wait to gift it to people who claim feminism isn’t needed anymore.

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5.0

What a read.

Never have I read something so necessary and important. All the data Criado Pérez has and hasn't been able to collect is shocking to say the least. With such an ease to explain, she takes your hand and walks you through the data-empty spaces society has deemed 'not popular enough' to fill. Intelligently, she asks why.

Why are we not collecting data?
Why are the needs of half the world's population deemed 'not common enough' to satisfy?
Why are we not acting when we already have the evidence and data to back up a solution?

From medical diagnosis, to appliances' designs; from society's infrastructure, to political systems; Criado Pérez draws a very clear (almost transparent) diagram on how women and female bodies are subject to indirect and direct discrimination in every corner of our lives. She urges for diversity, to fill so many data gaps that could make life better for EVERYONE. I could almost hear her screams of outrage... or maybe they were my own.

Please. Everyone. Read this book. It might be one of the most important pieces of non-fiction to grace my shelves.

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dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

This book made me realize a lot of what I didn’t like in the world was because it was made with men only in mind. In all areas of transportation, healthcare, product design, politics, and even disaster relief efforts. My one critique is that there is not a lot of trans-inclusive language but this book is about the lack of data on AFAB bodies and cis women.

I had the latest edition that included an epilogue about the Covid pandemic which I appreciated because some lines were harrowing to read from a book published in 2019. Overall, an eye-opening read. I want to read more feminist literature like this

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challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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informative medium-paced

5.0

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

I’d highly recommend audiobook for this. I think it would have been harder to enjoy as text because it is a bit dense, very statistic heavy, and quite frankly overwhelming. That being said, this was important & eye opening! Some things I knew, many things I learned. This world was not designed for us!

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