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A review by wren_z
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This is definitely a great book. The author captures so many of the areas of the female experience that are frustrating and unfair and draws back to vail, showing the why behind these many inequalities and inconveniences.
My only bone to pick with this book is that it's not entirely clear who the target is. As a woman, it is almost cathartic to read about your experience and have your righteous anger fueled. However, the author often uses the "the gender data gap" seemingly as a synonym for patriarchy. If this book was meant to inform men and the wider world, I think it fails as a call to action. Pinning so many things on "the gender data gap" erases the personal responsibility that needs to be taken by men. It does make the book more palatable, but I think it misses out on an important piece in improving women's lives. We need men as individuals to listen to women, to take responsibility, and work on addressing their own biases. Otherwise the work of closing the gender data gap will be just more labour for women.
My only bone to pick with this book is that it's not entirely clear who the target is. As a woman, it is almost cathartic to read about your experience and have your righteous anger fueled. However, the author often uses the "the gender data gap" seemingly as a synonym for patriarchy. If this book was meant to inform men and the wider world, I think it fails as a call to action. Pinning so many things on "the gender data gap" erases the personal responsibility that needs to be taken by men. It does make the book more palatable, but I think it misses out on an important piece in improving women's lives. We need men as individuals to listen to women, to take responsibility, and work on addressing their own biases. Otherwise the work of closing the gender data gap will be just more labour for women.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence