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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
informative
sad
slow-paced
SUCH an interesting/important book. There are so many examples of women being excluded from data collection that I never would have imagined or thought to consider but which have such a direct impact on the lives of women around the world. Like honestly how is it possible that most car companies still don’t even have female anatomized test dummies for their safety tests!!!!???
I was low key worried that, as interesting as this book sounded, it would not be written in a way that kept your attention.
Boy was I wrong. Compellingly written--which is helped along by compelling--or alarming--data [or the alarming results of the lack of data] this book builds, layer by layer, the gaps in our data when it comes to women, in all spheres, and how that is impacting women [and men, and the rest of society] by functioning in a world that assumes that a 5'10'' white male is the default--not an option, but the standard.
Highly recommend for anyone to read. I am an educator and I reference this book on a regular basis, from my Grade 8 students all the way up to my IBDP Seniors.
Boy was I wrong. Compellingly written--which is helped along by compelling--or alarming--data [or the alarming results of the lack of data] this book builds, layer by layer, the gaps in our data when it comes to women, in all spheres, and how that is impacting women [and men, and the rest of society] by functioning in a world that assumes that a 5'10'' white male is the default--not an option, but the standard.
Highly recommend for anyone to read. I am an educator and I reference this book on a regular basis, from my Grade 8 students all the way up to my IBDP Seniors.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Rage inducing. Frustrating. Radicalising. The sort of book that should be required reading for most people of the planet tbh.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
medium-paced
i don’t know i think i’m just sad now
every single man should read this, every single woman has lived it.
occasionally i was afraid that it was going to get a little terf-y? some reviewers said it definitely was, but i was on edge about it the whole time without feeling like it unequivocally crossed the line. there IS a lack of LGBT+ discussion. Felt just a touch ironic that there was a section talking about how ignoring “women’s rights” to focus on “human rights” was reductive, while simultaneously ignoring the way that queerness and LGBT+ rights also have a data gap of their own.
pretty comprehensive, with a global scale. crazy how the ONE thing that seems to unite every nation is considering women to be subhuman
every single man should read this, every single woman has lived it.
occasionally i was afraid that it was going to get a little terf-y? some reviewers said it definitely was, but i was on edge about it the whole time without feeling like it unequivocally crossed the line. there IS a lack of LGBT+ discussion. Felt just a touch ironic that there was a section talking about how ignoring “women’s rights” to focus on “human rights” was reductive, while simultaneously ignoring the way that queerness and LGBT+ rights also have a data gap of their own.
pretty comprehensive, with a global scale. crazy how the ONE thing that seems to unite every nation is considering women to be subhuman
informative
reflective
medium-paced
