Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

146 reviews

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! 

 

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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

hmtierra22's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

catorureads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Some parts were a bit slower due to the many stats but very interesting, eye-opening and a mustread.


For my fellow Kindle people: the actual book ends at around 65%, all the rest is the bibliography and index of all the research that is mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Miscarriage, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Police brutality

julesdmuells's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

An absolute must-read. This is a thorough and riveting survey of a world built on the "default-male bias," the internalized idea that humankind is represented by an adult man, and women are an afterthought or a second iteration.
Urban planning, pharmaceuticals, education, disaster relief, architecture, TV writers rooms, legislature (obviously), tech design, career mobility - every sector of adult life is touched by the phenomenon that women must be involved in research and decision-making, and when we fail to collect and sex-disaggregate data, women pay the price with anything from their income and time to their bodies and their lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and War

sdfhjlysfd's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

michelleann815's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Awesome data-driven book backed by solid evidence, it is a must-read for anyone, from fans of statistics to ardent feminists and everyone in between

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Content Warnings

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