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Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives.
Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women​, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.
Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women​, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.
PDF Invisible Women Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Caroline Criado Perez 9781419729072 Books
"Wonderfully documented and illustrated facts and figures! Cannot believe how stupid male leaders, researchers, and planners are. Women need to stand in statics!"
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Invisible Women Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Caroline Criado Perez 9781419729072 Books Reviews
- Buyer beware! This is a light read, and easy to follow. The dust jacket and publishers blurbs, and even the author’s claim to show us the evidence, is very misleading. The narrative is composed of anecdotes, and the references are almost all undated, unverified web links (shame on the author, proofreader, and published), or opening remark type papers. The book will not help you identify flawed data, it will not help you correct biased results, and it will not help you craft evidence-based policy. The author preaches to the choir in an entertaining style. If, however, you are a data analyst or policy writer who uses data, this book has nothing to offer. You might even be more entertained viewing some of the 25-30 year-old Michael Moore clips on subjects like ladies public loos.
- Read this book. It is incredible. Well written, thoroughly researched and documented, but still extremely readable. Fascinating. Shocking, and not. If you are a woman, or if you care about women, read it. Even if you think you already understand how different the world is for women, you will be surprised.
- Tons of facts but nothing boring about it. Most of the information should be in biology textbooks, on the news, and informing public policy in all areas of life. Instead much of it I am hearing for the first time as a middle aged woman. The disproportionate inconvenience, violence and death women face around the globe because women are not consulted or even considered in every area of life! We are not an anomaly or a resource to be exploited. We are an indespensible HALF of the population! Thank you for writing this book!
- Wonderfully documented and illustrated facts and figures! Cannot believe how stupid male leaders, researchers, and planners are. Women need to stand in statics!
- I struggle to get into nonfiction but cannot put this book down. I'm about halfway through it and every chapter is blowing my mind. The writing is fast-paced and exciting and the content is fascinating!
- Her primary care doctor went so far as to tell her more than once, “All your symptoms are in your imagination.â€
That happened to my mother, who gained weight despite cutting her caloric intake, to the point that she fainted. In the hospital it was determined her thyroid was not producing sufficient hormones to regulate her weight. These events happened in the early 1990s.
How gender bias affects the practice of medicine is revealed in this book. The authors goes into detail to expose the extent to which things we thought were true are in fact not. For example, we are told autism affects boys more than girls. The authors shows us that looking at how girls are socialized better ans earlier helps to disguise autism in girls, so the true prevalence is not known. The author goes into detail about how gynecological problems are misdiagnosed and then mistreated. What woman in the US doesn't have such a story? When I was pregnant with child #1, I vomited to the point where i saw stars—I could hold nothing down. The OB told me it meant I did not want my baby.
Read this book. Make sure your doctor is aware that you know about the deep-seated gender bias in the practice of medicine. - I love books which make you look at the world in a total fresh way. This book did that for me. Even though I have moved through this world in a female body my entire life, I was shockingly unaware of many of the gendered bias mentioned in this book because it had always been a part of the world I lived in, and so it felt normal. But once highlighted by the books sharp and well-researched author Caroline Criado Perez, it was like a veil had been lifted. I look at the world through a much different lens, and I am so grateful for Perez's hard work, illuminating examples and wonderful writing which helped bring these ideas to the frontline. Highly highly recommend this book!
- I read a lot of non-fiction, particularly abour current social issues, but this book surpasses all others that I have read in terms of teaching me much that I did not know. What does playground design in a Swedish city have to do with women’s osteoporosis rates in that same city? Why, oh why, at large events are women’s restroom lines always longer and slower moving that those on the men’s side? The author did mountains of research in a wide variety of fields and pulls it all together very coherently. Although the book contains a great deal of data, few people will find it dry because so much of the information is mind-boggling. This is a must read for anyone, but particularly those working in engineering, design, medicine, city planning, public policy. If you consider yourself to be an average person who prefers not to think about gender or “women’s issues,†this book may just open your eyes as to why life for women and men is often so different.
