Invisible Women, Caroline CriadoPerez
Invisible Women, Caroline CriadoPerez
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Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Author: Caroline Criado-Perez

Narrator: Caroline Criado-Perez

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2019

Synopsis

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.

About Caroline Criado-Perez

Caroline Criado Perez is a writer, broadcaster, and feminist activist and was named Liberty Human Rights Campaigner of the Year and OBE by the Queen. She has a degree in English language and literature from the University of Oxford, and she studied behavioral and feminist economics at the London School of Economics. She lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rob on September 05, 2019

I don't know who would possibly want a man's opinion on a book about the problems with male default bias, but... here's my review. This is essentially a collection of statistics which entail how systems made by men and for men are minimizing and marginalizing the other 50% of the population. It does......more

Goodreads review by Laura on December 03, 2019

There is so much relevant, important, fascinating, and deeply troubling information here about the ways in which the world, in big and small ways, is built for white men. BUT. I have to give this book two stars for its appalling erasure of trans and nonbinary people. The words themsleves (transgende......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on November 13, 2019

Simply said, if someone is in power, he tries to make a policy that meets his wishes and reflects the image of the society, company, etc he wants to build. This can be done in a direct, evil way by treating minorities, women, atheists, etc. with repression until imprisonment, torture and death if th......more

Goodreads review by Krista on September 26, 2019

Invisible Womenis the story of what happens when we forget to account for half of humanity. It is an exposé of how the gender data gap harms women when life proceeds, more or less as normal. In urban planning, politics, the workplace. It is also about what happens to women living in a world built o......more

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘ on March 12, 2021

Q: Most of recorded human history is one big data gap. Starting with the theory of Man the Hunter, the chroniclers of the past have left little space for women’s role in the evolution of humanity, whether cultural or biological. Instead, the lives of men have been taken to represent those of humans o......more

Quotes

“Invisible Women is a game-changer; an uncompromising blitz of facts, sad, mad, bad, and funny, making an unanswerable case and doing so brilliantly.” The Times (London)

“Brilliant…Invisible Women lays out in impressive detail the many ways that human beings are presumed to be male, as well as the wide-reaching effects of this distorted view of humanity.” The Nation

“Useful and sobering.” The Guardian (London)

“Furiously brilliant.” Irish Times (Dublin)

“A powerful call to bust the myths and bridge the gap.” Nature

“Caroline Criado Perez’s authoritative tone is convincing…[and] her indignant narration paired with well-researched facts will inspire listeners to consider details of the world around them…Speaking in a clear voice and a British accent, Perez sounds incensed and unapologetic. Her passion will incite listeners to action in the face of truly depressing data that proves how dangerous the world is for women.” AudioFile

“As Invisible Women illuminates…communities pay tremendous costs for the gender data gap: costs of income, time, women’s health, and sometimes women’s lives.” Bustle

“Even with all the progress women have made in the last few decades, Invisible Women proves we still have a long way to go. Reading this book—preferably in a comfortably warm room—is the first step.” PureWow

“A provocative, vital book.” Publishers Weekly

“This thoughtful and surprisingly humorous view of institutional bias and gendered information gaps…should have wide popular appeal.” Kirkus Reviews

Awards

  • Audible Pick
  • Amazon.com bestseller
  • McKinsey Business Book of the Year
  • Royal Society Prize
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
  • Foyles Book of the Year
  • Blackwell's Book of the Year
  • London Times Pick
  • Entropy Magazine Pick
  • Porchlight Best Business Book
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize
  • Orwell Prize
  • Library Journal bestseller
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