Even worse, when the data is there to prove things need to be addressed or changed it’s being ignored. I found myself verbally commenting to myself in disbelief that some of the basic essential known data gaps are still not being recorded. I'd recommend listening to a sample to see if you think you can get through this, or split the listening over a longer time period.Īs a gay man I thought I had things pretty tough but after reading this, I realised that being a woman presents an extraordinary number of tougher challenges. The author did excellent job collecting all these examples, but narrative took a hit under the sheer amount of them. I'm sure the point could've been driven home with fewer well chosen anecdotes.

I started the book with high hopes to educate myself (and as a man with less personal experience) to realize the subtle ways the society still puts genders on different standing, but many chapters (especially the 45 minutes about toilets) left me wishing the reader would stop with anecdotes already and either offer some synthesis or move forward to another topic. Out of the 8725 examples covered in this book, I'd keep maybe 2500 of the most interesting ones and replace the leftover space with reflection. However, the exhausting listing of examples drowns the line of thought, or then there's just too little thought to begin with. Many of the examples are very interesting, and many even surprise you 'huh that is true!'. Hope there will be a better, more inclusive edition soon, as it is highly important this kind of information be accessible for all.īridging the gender data gap with too much data It is simply not good enough to address cis people exclusively in such a comprehensive book. A critical book published in 2019 which deals with gender cannot ignore trans folks. It is extremely disappointing in the context of shedding light on how women are seen as a deviation of the cis male norm, who is seen as default. This is clearly focusing on the wrong aspect of a problem, while creating new problems for people who don't fit the norm. The most problematic claim is that a lack of sex-segregated bathrooms in some places increases rape and sexual assault.

She also keeps switching between sex and gender as interchangeable. Perez critics the continuous overlooking of women and women's needs, but is herself continuously overlooking trans and nonbinary people. This is exactly why the casual cissexism embedded in it is so unfortunate and harmful. This is a really good comprehensive investigation of how a failure to account for gender based needs and requirements results in a bias towards cis men.

Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten and the profound impact this has on us all.ĭiscover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives. Invisible Women reveals how in a world built for and by men we are systematically ignoring half of the population, often with disastrous consequences. If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you’re a woman.įrom government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces and the media. In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured.Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body.The Times Current Affairs Book of the Year 2019. Winner of the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2019 Book of the Year Award 2019. Winner of the Readers' Choice Books Are My Bag Award 2019. Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2019.

The audiobook edition of Invisible Women, read by Caroline Criado Perez.

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