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Unsichtbare Frauen: Wie eine von Männern gemachte Welt die Hälfte der Bevölkerung ignoriert by Caroline Criado Pérez
8 reviews
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
unluckycat13's review against another edition
The book does start out acknowledging queer and disabled people, and it does talk about other countries with a non dismissive and non bigoted attitude, however the author is very quick to paint groups of people (such as western women, or British women) with a singular brush. Despite admitting that the so called standard male doesn't represent men in general, she's very argumentative in favor of a standard female model. It's hard to untangle her personal views on sex and gender from the rest of the book and the more you begin to think about it, the worse it gets.
I would generally not recommend this book, and while it is a nice organization of some studies I have heard most of them before elsewhere.
Being a book about sexism, you can expect a TW warning for basically literally every topic, albeit only passingly.
Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
billie_churchill's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Medical trauma, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
mdwsn27's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
chaos_and_chapters's review
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Medical trauma
Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
ruthmoog's review against another edition
4.5
It's very statistic heavy, and relentless, but a must read imo.
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
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
2.25
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Pregnancy
eloiseisreading's review against another edition
3.0
Although mentioned briefly from time to time, the author doesn’t go into much detail into the intersectionalities of oppression and discrimination (e.g. race, sexuality, disability, class, etc), which I think is a real shortcoming of the book. I also find the author’s definitions of sex and gender, and her constant switching between the two, a little uncomfortable. Additionally, considering trans women and non-binary AFAB people are amongst the most ‘invisible women’ in society, they didn’t get a mention at all. I think this is worth knowing before going into the book; although this is a feminist book, it isn’t explicitly inclusive of all women and minority gendered people.
Additionally, I felt the author didn’t do enough to unpack and distrust the everyday sexist ideologies of gender stereotypes and heteronormativity.
Overall, I think this is a decent beginner’s book exploring gender/sex discrimination and gendered data science. I think it’s a worthy read when combined with more diverse feminist literature.
Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Forced institutionalization