Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

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

166 reviews

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

I really wish there was an updated; post- pandemic, gender-neutral bathroom, Trump era, promotion of trans rights... version that incorporated greater recognition of intersectionality. I loved the contents of this book, but feel like there could be a broader focus on any data bias in the context of non, cishet white-male identit(ies). At points it felt a lot like a pure lit-review, but was informative nonetheless. A great and important read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

elodiethefangirl's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

notlikethebeer's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

This is a difficult book to review. How do we balance something that has a lot of value to one group, whilst excluding another group? There's no denying that Invisible Women has opened up a lot of conversations - if nothing else, it's allowed a lot of women to raise things that might have been silently troubling them for a long time, things they may think they were being too sensitive about, things they felt they should stay invisible about. At the same time, this book would only have been strengthened by trans inclusion, and I cannot in good faith completely legitimise an author who is clearly aware of the harm she's perpetrating, yet continues to do so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

jackie_marion's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

4.0

"It's time to start designing women in."

This book is incredibly informative! It's really fascinating to read about the ways in which there are gaps in data for a lot of things within life, such as daily life, workplace, design and medicine. The data gaps in the medical field were especially surprising to me! I had no idea about some of these things, while others I knew and related to. This book feels like an English paper for an assignment, but it was one that was actually interesting to read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

megmahoney1's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kirstym25's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence

rhi_'s review against another edition

informative fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

sarabookshelf's review against another edition

informative

4.5

Insightful, backed with data and informative. I wish I could somehow make more people read this book, especially people in power. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual violence