Imagine a world where . . .
- Your phone is too big for your hand
- Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body
- In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured
If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you're a woman.
From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, and the media. Invisible Women reveals how in a world built for and by men we are systematically ignoring half of the population, often with disastrous consequences. Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the profound impact this has on us all.
Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives.
Staff Choice: Damla
How did we manage to build a world where we ignore half the population with such significant and fatal consequences?
The “male-unless-otherwise-indicated” bias permeates so deeply in every aspect of our lives and culture, from how we perceive and analyze history, to how we live in and travel through our cities, culture (art, literature, music, traditions), economy, medicine, design, language, and politics. Criado Perez takes a deep dive into that gender data gap in this very well researched and articulated book, while still writing in an accessible voice.
Equal parts frustrating and educational, I would really recommend this book to everyone. There is such valuable information that feels both obvious and shockingly unknown, that I promise you that you will find something new and eye-opening in it.
Staff Choice: Sophie
This book charts the many ways in which the female has been left out of public policy, design, medicine & more (i.e. medicine testing: women's hormones are too 'messy' so it's tested on men only but then CALLED universal when it turns out to be often useless for women because of our messy hormones).
It's full of data and research which is eye-opening, mind-numbing and made me want to rage because half the population of the world is so easily dismissed as unimportant. And so much data is still missing, too, a point repeated every chapter.
Representation matters. Diversity leads to better lives across the board. Understand that your point of view is only one of billions, and then listen to others who are not like you.
