A review by isabellaci
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

informative medium-paced

3.25

  1. I read this as an audiobook; why were abbreviations, that are harder to say, not just said as their full title.
  2. From what I remember there was 0 mention into how imperialism and colonialism affects women in the Global South, even as there was mention of exploitation of the countries mentioned.
  3. nor was capitalism explicitly mentioned
  4. Say that transwomen exist, I dare you!
  5. Everything being put down to the gender data gap in lieu of misogyny got grating towards the end of the book. I realise that the gender data gap is caused by misogyny.
  6. Not a direct mention on how the military/police affect women, esp those in the Global South; but the comfortability of soldiers or police was discussed. 
  7. Did not know when the book was published as the audiobook only said at the end of the reading which made trying to figure out the context of the writing harder.
All in all its not a bad book. The actual data and some specific studies themselves were interesting. However a lot of the takeaways you could get from the book I had already heard prior to listening to this (likely from someone who had also read this book but just before i had).
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