REVIEW: Invisible Women (Caroline Criado Perez)
Author: Caroline Criado Perez
My rating: 3/5.
Premise: Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women.
This book was a real eye opener and really highlighted how blindsided society is to the inequality women face. At times, I think the author packs in an overwhelming number of statistics (I say this as a maths grad who loves stats!) but it definitely painted a clear picture of how we forget about women in a lot of decision making, studies and product design. There were also times I found myself thinking "surely this is stretching the truth, things aren't that bad" but then that's exactly what the book is highlighting: how we as a society ignore gender equality and say its all been solved. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants equality and especially to those who think there is no inequality anymore. Warning, this book induces a rage at the world and society!