Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

12 reviews

lola1212's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Transphobia, Misogyny, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Rape, Slavery, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Classism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Biphobia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deportation, and Abortion

callysutherland's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Mandatory reading. In small chunks, so you don't get tooooo angry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Classism, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Genocide, War, Eating disorder, Slavery, Car accident, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Ableism

unluckycat13's review

The author is a TERF, this is a TERF book. Not to undermine the honestly good work and important information in this book, but you can't remove it from the author's views. While it starts out seeming reasonable enough-- I think it's understandable even if not great to not separate sex and gender-- the author eventually begins to build her argument into women being an immutable biologically separate organism with most things in life attributed purely to biology. Of course there's no proof of this because of the data gap. The studies will surely show she's right though, as they always say. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

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: 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

plantgal_jill's review

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: War, Medical content, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexism, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Murder, Rape, War, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Slavery, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Genocide, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Racism, Eating disorder, Blood, and Body shaming

sarahlizzie's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

spellygirl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book. Though if you have any empathy at all, it's going to break your heart and piss you off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and War

sydapel's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

4.75

Truly proud of myself for taking the time to really dig into this book, as I'm walking with this incredible depth of knowledge about all of the pervasive and unrecognized ways the female population is discriminated against at every level of our lives. And how so much of it is the result of failing to ask women any questions. From prescription drugs to low income housing to disaster relief, this book is an absolute must read. I particularly appreciated how the author made space to talk about countries other than the US and UK, making this a global perspective on discrimination and gender gaps rather than a white European one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, Colonisation, Genocide, War, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Violence, Stalking, Body shaming, Car accident, Bullying, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

hollieee's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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