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Usynlige kvinner. Hvorfor vi lever i en verden designet for menn by Caroline Criado Pérez

66 reviews

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

Really good at opening one's eyes to systematic sexism. A must read for any researchers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse

ampam's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Eye-opening, and disheartening.

While I have known the world was designed for men (the phone I'm typing on right now is too big for my small, but not unusually sized hands, to be used one-handed easily), seeing the extent of it in everything from air bags to policy was very revealing. The book illustrated in many facets the repercussions of not taking women into account, and none are positive. It is quite daunting how much needs to be changed, and the book unfortunately does not offer any solutions for the world to be made more equitable from the flaws it pointed out in its writing. Additionally, the book does not delve into detail other intersectional identities like race, or at all for more prejudiced-against groups like LGBTQIA* folks. Regardless, it is a recommended read to understand how pervasive the idea of only designing for men and refusing to consider women is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Equal parts fascinating and frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Racism, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and War

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

A great introduction to the gender data gap, it’s very enlightening and very frustrating. A book everyone should read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse

sarahlizzie's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

ruthmoog's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective

4.5

Brilliant book that clearly explains the impact of excluding women's experience. It doesn't ignore the experience of non-white women either, but does acknowledge that although women and female data are missing, so too are data for non-white women plus pregnant and menstruateing women to a greater extent. Trans women however are not referenced at all.

It's very statistic heavy, and relentless, but a must read imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

abbs17's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Violence and War

zombiezami's review against another edition

Although I was excited for this book and getting lots of interesting and surprising facts from it, some of the turns of phrase struck me as outdated at best and cis-centric/transphobic at worst. Some of these include "female-bodied," saying she considers women to be those with XX chromosomes (fun fact: almost no one checks their chromosomes because it's expensive to do so, so the XX/XY dichotomy is a generalization, even before you get into intersex people existing), and quoting someone who says that "pregnancy is not a gender-neutral event." These statements, plus hearing that the author was British, gave me pause. 

I searched the author online and found that she had said some transphobic dogwhistles that she erased rather than apologizing for. Aside from this, her solutions to various issues such as sexual violence seem focused on carcerality. Even if the author had said, "I'm focusing on cis women because that's what data I have," that would have been a bit more excusable, but I don't feel good about continuing to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Excrement

Minor: War

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readingelli's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and War