Book Sips #44 — ‘Invisible Women’ by Caroline Criado Perez
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Invisible Women is a must-read for everyone — no matter which gender, position, or industry. It reveals how 50% of the population has been overlooked (and keeps getting) when designing our world. Caroline Criado Perez went beyond the typical comparison of gender and outlines this by providing a huge number of case studies and research. I don’t want to lie: seeing these numbers is shocking and leaves you feeling angry and sad! Perez not only shows devastating data, but she also points out the deficits our world has by excluding women on a regular basis and what benefits our societies will gain when changing this.
Invisible Women is a thought-provoking and eye-opening book. It has the power to make a real change and can help to design a better future with everyone included and thought off in the first place.
A sip:
‘Women have always worked. They have worked unpaid, underpaid, underappreciated, and invisibly, but they have always worked. But the modern workplace does not work for women. From its location, to its hours, to its regulatory standards, it has been designed around the lives of men and it is no longer fit for purpose. The world of work needs a wholesale redesign — of its regulations, of its equipment, of its culture — and this redesign must be led by data on female bodies and female lives. We have to start recognising that the work women do is not an added extra, a bonus that we could do without: women’s work, paid and unpaid, is the backbone of our society and our economy. It’s about time we started valuing it.’
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Perez
Why read?
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives.
Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.
272 pages, Harry N. Abrams 2019
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