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A review by julesdmuells
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
challenging
informative
slow-paced
5.0
An absolute must-read. This is a thorough and riveting survey of a world built on the "default-male bias," the internalized idea that humankind is represented by an adult man, and women are an afterthought or a second iteration.
Urban planning, pharmaceuticals, education, disaster relief, architecture, TV writers rooms, legislature (obviously), tech design, career mobility - every sector of adult life is touched by the phenomenon that women must be involved in research and decision-making, and when we fail to collect and sex-disaggregate data, women pay the price with anything from their income and time to their bodies and their lives.
Urban planning, pharmaceuticals, education, disaster relief, architecture, TV writers rooms, legislature (obviously), tech design, career mobility - every sector of adult life is touched by the phenomenon that women must be involved in research and decision-making, and when we fail to collect and sex-disaggregate data, women pay the price with anything from their income and time to their bodies and their lives.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and War