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kraftybooks 's review for:
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez
The main reason I would drop a star on this book is that it didn’t leave me with as many actionable steps as I would have wanted. Each chapter left me feeling more and more frustrated. I had to put it down multiple times while reading and do breathing exercises to calm down.
After a couple of weeks of digesting I still don’t have a ton of actionable takeaways except this - don’t assume you’re the default. It’s all too easy in any situation to assume that my own perception and experience is the norm. On an individual basis, this may limit me in a few areas but generally it’s not creating major harm. When you blow it out though to these societal issues: transportation, health care, product design, government policy, etc, that’s where the assumed default can be very harmful.
May add more thoughts later as I continue to digest…
After a couple of weeks of digesting I still don’t have a ton of actionable takeaways except this - don’t assume you’re the default. It’s all too easy in any situation to assume that my own perception and experience is the norm. On an individual basis, this may limit me in a few areas but generally it’s not creating major harm. When you blow it out though to these societal issues: transportation, health care, product design, government policy, etc, that’s where the assumed default can be very harmful.
May add more thoughts later as I continue to digest…