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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado PĂ©rez
11 reviews
unluckycat13's review
The book does start out acknowledging queer and disabled people, and it does talk about other countries with a non dismissive and non bigoted attitude, however the author is very quick to paint groups of people (such as western women, or British women) with a singular brush. Despite admitting that the so called standard male doesn't represent men in general, she's very argumentative in favor of a standard female model. It's hard to untangle her personal views on sex and gender from the rest of the book and the more you begin to think about it, the worse it gets.
I would generally not recommend this book, and while it is a nice organization of some studies I have heard most of them before elsewhere.
Being a book about sexism, you can expect a TW warning for basically literally every topic, albeit only passingly.
Minor: Transphobia, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Stalking, Miscarriage, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Violence, Trafficking, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, and Medical trauma
sydneyhenshaw's review
4.75
Moderate: Racism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Murder, Car accident, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy
isabellaci's review against another edition
3.25
- I read this as an audiobook; why were abbreviations, that are harder to say, not just said as their full title.
- From what I remember there was 0 mention into how imperialism and colonialism affects women in the Global South, even as there was mention of exploitation of the countries mentioned.
- nor was capitalism explicitly mentioned
- Say that transwomen exist, I dare you!
- Everything being put down to the gender data gap in lieu of misogyny got grating towards the end of the book. I realise that the gender data gap is caused by misogyny.
- Not a direct mention on how the military/police affect women, esp those in the Global South; but the comfortability of soldiers or police was discussed.
- Did not know when the book was published as the audiobook only said at the end of the reading which made trying to figure out the context of the writing harder.
Moderate: Car accident, Misogyny, Rape, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Sexual harassment
mdwsn27's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
Moderate: Pedophilia, Deportation, Death, Suicide attempt, Racism, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Child death, Slavery, Physical abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Abortion, War, Terminal illness, Violence, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization
chris_reads's review
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Body shaming, and Misogyny
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, and Sexual violence
Minor: Police brutality, Racism, Genocide, Infertility, Medical trauma, War, and Hate crime
sarahlizzie's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Rape, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Abortion
xosirenox's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Death, Abortion, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence
hollieee's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence
Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Dementia, and Excrement
bookworm_nic's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism
Minor: Car accident, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, and Rape
k_tiches's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Sexual violence