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A review by bookforthought
Inferiori. Come la scienza ha penalizzato le donne by Angela Saini
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Overall interesting exploration of the ways in which scientific research has often been used to justify social gender expectations.
I was expecting a little more in terms of analysis and a little less simple exposition, but this approach did contribute to maintaining the book very accessible. Sometimes it felt disjointed and rushed in certain sections, with a few arguments coming across as slightly more biased than would be desirable: a certain degree of bias is bound to be everywhere and complete objectivity is impossible, but I would have liked to see slightly stronger evidence-based explanations to support some points than those that were offered here. I think this would work well as an introductory text for people approaching these subjects for the first time, but it has little more to offer to someone who read other books on the topic, such as Invisible Women.
Still, it was an interesting read and I might pick up some of the author's other works in the future.
I was expecting a little more in terms of analysis and a little less simple exposition, but this approach did contribute to maintaining the book very accessible. Sometimes it felt disjointed and rushed in certain sections, with a few arguments coming across as slightly more biased than would be desirable: a certain degree of bias is bound to be everywhere and complete objectivity is impossible, but I would have liked to see slightly stronger evidence-based explanations to support some points than those that were offered here. I think this would work well as an introductory text for people approaching these subjects for the first time, but it has little more to offer to someone who read other books on the topic, such as Invisible Women.
Still, it was an interesting read and I might pick up some of the author's other works in the future.