Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

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

16 reviews

idesofmarch's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

Moderate: War, Violence, Medical content, Genocide, Trafficking, Police brutality, Hate crime, Slavery, Domestic abuse, and Murder

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

billie_churchill's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, Gaslighting, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Genocide, Ableism, and Sexual harassment

isabellaci's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.25

1. I read this as an audiobook; why were abbreviations, that are harder to say, not just said as their full title.
2. 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.
3. nor was capitalism explicitly mentioned
4. Say that transwomen exist, I dare you!
5. 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.
6. 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. 
7. 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.

All in all its not a bad book. The actual data and some specific studies themselves were interesting. However a lot of the takeaways you could get from the book I had already heard prior to listening to this (likely from someone who had also read this book but just before i had).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Misogyny, Rape, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Sexual harassment

lucyrudd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, War, Murder, Miscarriage, Violence, Misogyny, Abortion, Genocide, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence

sundaybookclub's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, War, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Rape, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

gjenn's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Genocide, Police brutality, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and War

chris_reads's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Equal parts fascinating and frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

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

ruthmoog's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

4.5

Brilliant book that clearly explains the impact of excluding women's experience. It doesn't ignore the experience of non-white women either, but does acknowledge that although women and female data are missing, so too are data for non-white women plus pregnant and menstruateing women to a greater extent. Trans women however are not referenced at all.

It's very statistic heavy, and relentless, but a must read imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Classism, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, Dementia, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Rape, War, Abortion, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Cancer