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Unsichtbare Frauen: Wie eine von Männern gemachte Welt die Hälfte der Bevölkerung ignoriert by Caroline Criado Pérez
69 reviews
tayaingrid's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Classism
veeglessner's review against another edition
4.0
Now: Despite managing to include race and to an extent class, this book does not in any way analyze the gender binary or the experiences of trans and NB people. As another reviewer pointed out, the words "trans", "nonbinary" do not appear even once in this book. How do you write 500 pages about gender without including at least a mention of these identities? The premise of the WHOLE BOOK is that discrimination by exclusion IS discrimination.
Also, there are a couple (one in particular) VERY graphic descriptions of abuse that were not necessary.
So I have to recommend this incredible feat of a book with those huge caveats. You will learn so much and become enraged, while thinking that the author badly needed a sensitivity reader and an ironically more inclusive perspective. At 6 years old, I think this book could really use a re-release with some updated statistics and information as well as addressing those gaping "data gaps."
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Misogyny
yoursisterscanary's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Domestic abuse
fkshg8465's review against another edition
4.0
For my part, I was having to remind myself that there are lots of men in the world that I like and respect and who have had nothing to do with architecting any of these issues, even if some are guilty of perpetuating them unconsciously. Having grown up in a double patriarchy (Korean family in the US), I too am guilty of this and could’ve benefited from asking more questions.
This was highly relevant to me, for example, as a pianist. I had to give up at a certain point because my hand span was too small. Rather than asking why the pianos couldn’t be made smaller, I assumed the problem was me. Or every time I put on my seatbelt, I have to use an adjuster because the seats and belts are too big for my body. (I really think there’s a huge untapped market for car manufacturers of they’d design and sell cars just for women’s body!!!!, like in the billions!!!!).
What’s frustrating about books like this - nothing gets done, even though we know better. 😢 Plus, women generally outlive men and in poorer health for all the reasons outlined and more. So we’re also having to live longer in these awful conditions. The unfairness never seems to end…
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
princess_lea's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and War
minkimonki's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Rape
nel0nen's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and War
mmcloe's review against another edition
3.25
That being said, this book leaves a ton of gaps in its pursuit to close gaps. I was shocked to find that queer people of any stripe were completely absent. One offhand mention of lesbians and no mention of trans people whatsoever. Some of the most impactful strides made in women's rights on a practical and theoretical level have been made by queer women, so it was incredibly disappointed to see them missing. Similarly, many of the chapters seemed to presume a white, "Western," middle class woman as the default. Later chapters started doing well to address women's challenges globally but the early narrow focus led to some overly repetitive chapters and talking points. The author also didn't really engage with capitalism or imperialism as structural forces; their symptoms were often mentioned but not the diseases themselves, which have brutally imposed the gendered regimes we know today. She's the daughter of a very powerful CEO, so I guess that makes sense.
Also, the citational practices in this book were absolutely unhinged. The endnotes are almost entirely URLs that I have no way of knowing whether or not the links are dead. I would've appreciated more rigorous citations, a lack of which is another major cause of gender data gaps.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence
maddramaqueen's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization
bilbili's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War