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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The audiobook edition of Invisible Women, read by Caroline Criado Perez.
Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2019.
Winner of the Readers' Choice Books Are My Bag Award 2019.
Winner of the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2019 Book of the Year Award 2019.
The Times Current Affairs Book of the Year 2019.
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.
Critic Reviews
"Invisible Women takes on the neglected topic of what we don't know - and why. The result is a powerful, important and eye-opening analysis of the gender politics of knowledge and ignorance. With examples from technology to natural disasters, this is an original and timely reminder of why we need women in the leadership of the institutions that shape every aspect of our lives." (Cordelia Fine)
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 20-09-20
eye opener and gripping
if you are going to interact with the world in any way, make sure you read this one. I'm surprised that a book filled with lots of data, statistics and references can be so gripping and relevant chapter after chapter. Loved the author herself reading the book
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- Snehashree
- 14-04-22
An eye opener!!
The way things have been brought to light regarding gender disparity is simply outstanding. Never imagined such bias in everything.
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- Triyanka Tiu
- 28-10-21
A Must read for everyone!
a very insightful book, an eye opener. trust me, you'll not regret picking up this book.
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- Deepti
- 02-07-21
Must read for everyone
This is one of those books that changes the way you look at things, it made me both angry and sad. It was astonishing to see how much bias we have internalised and dont even consciously notice anymore.
Male default attitude is everywhere, it is prevalent to the extent that 'man' is synonymous to human. If you're not convinced by the statement, I would say you NEED to read this book.
This book offers more facts per paragraph than any other book I've ever picked up, and yet she manages to make it interesting. The amount of research Caroline must hage put into the book is mind boggling. Listening to the book being narrated by her, and hearing the passion in her voice made it 2x better.
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- SG
- 21-06-21
Essential read for all
Extremely well-written and well-performed. Enjoyed the book thoroughly; it left me with a lot of food for thought.
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- Shibin azad
- 09-04-21
Must read book!
Thought the narrator could have slowed down a little. Would recommend it to each and everyone. This must be considered essential reading.
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- Terene
- 06-02-21
Phenomenal book on Gender data gap
this book has a repeated theme of showing the absence of women related data in various contexts. How this gap has led to faulty design and disastrous consequences for societies and human life overall.
love how the book ends with saying 'All we need to do is ask women what they want' .... that is profound and can perhaps lead to a better designed inclusive world.
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- Manish
- 07-09-20
eye opening!
every grown up should read this. it is the need of the hour. Loved it. some facts mentioned are mind boggling.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-06-20
feminist take on big data world
this book is an important discussion on the current algorithm-powered worlds. Good read! thank you
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- NP
- 04-04-20
good book...and well told
the book talks about how not accounting for women in data leads to generating policy which are not able to cater women
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- Danielle
- 13-09-19
Shed your ignorance, whether you’re male or female
If you are male or female and can’t wrap your mind around why women fight for more rights or attention, or why equal representation of the sexes is important to achieve and not just allow, this book will fill the gaps. The data, and the lack of data, that it points to leaves me overwhelmed at the lack of progress and systemic unconscious bias that has shaped my life and continues to shape all of our lives (yes even in progressive Sweden or Denmark). Read and shed your ignorance. Start to understand he role you can play in achieving equality, not just neutrality.
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- Lior
- 02-05-19
Invisible Trans People
This is a really good comprehensive investigation of how a failure to account for gender based needs and requirements results in a bias towards cis men.
This is exactly why the casual cissexism embedded in it is so unfortunate and harmful.
Perez critics the continuous overlooking of women and women's needs, but is herself continuously overlooking trans and nonbinary people. She also keeps switching between sex and gender as interchangeable.
The most problematic claim is that a lack of sex-segregated bathrooms in some places increases rape and sexual assault. This is clearly focusing on the wrong aspect of a problem, while creating new problems for people who don't fit the norm. It is extremely disappointing in the context of shedding light on how women are seen as a deviation of the cis male norm, who is seen as default.
A critical book published in 2019 which deals with gender cannot ignore trans folks. It is simply not good enough to address cis people exclusively in such a comprehensive book.
Hope there will be a better, more inclusive edition soon, as it is highly important this kind of information be accessible for all.
4 people found this helpful
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- Joonas Pihlajamaa
- 02-05-19
Bridging the gender data gap with too much data
The idea of the book is great. Many of the examples are very interesting, and many even surprise you "huh that is true!". However, the exhausting listing of examples drowns the line of thought, or then there's just too little thought to begin with. Out of the 8725 examples covered in this book, I'd keep maybe 2500 of the most interesting ones and replace the leftover space with reflection.
I started the book with high hopes to educate myself (and as a man with less personal experience) to realize the subtle ways the society still puts genders on different standing, but many chapters (especially the 45 minutes about toilets) left me wishing the reader would stop with anecdotes already and either offer some synthesis or move forward to another topic. I'm sure the point could've been driven home with fewer well chosen anecdotes.
The author did excellent job collecting all these examples, but narrative took a hit under the sheer amount of them. I'd recommend listening to a sample to see if you think you can get through this, or split the listening over a longer time period.
3 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 06-08-19
Great book!
Great job! The book that opened my eyes! I recommend to all women and men. There is a lot of topics and facts.
2 people found this helpful
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- Jul
- 06-07-21
A very important book
Everyone needs to read this. Everyone. Especially men, spread the word!
This raises so many issues i wasn’t even aware of and motivated me to learn more about the topic.
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- Ingemar Strandvik
- 24-05-21
A must-read for everyone!
If everybody reads this book, the world will become a better place. Factual, to the point, convincing. A real eye-opener!
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- Esther
- 17-05-21
Amazing book. Shall be a must read
Shall be a must read for both women and men
Extremely good storytelling to picture the facts
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- Athina
- 01-03-21
Invisible woman are a must read for a man or a woman
Invisible woman describe historical injustice made over woman with an logical way of thinking providing many examples from the size of phones to the running of economy. It’s definitely a must read for both men and women. Besides our times are changing which is a perfect opportunity to broaden your spectrum of the world and your position in it. Backed up by data we can change our world little by little as long as we understand our position in it and why it has been that way.
1 person found this helpful
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- Rolando Ruiz
- 20-01-21
Eye opener
50% of the population has been systematically neglected. If we want a better world, we need to make it better for women.
I learned a lot with this broad display of statistics but much more by the deep insights of the author whom is capable of seeing beyond the absence of dissagregated data on women.
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- Bianca
- 12-12-20
Must-read!
Everything we already suspected (and more!) explained by data. This books is amazing and is a must read for anyone trying to make sense of the world.
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- Esther
- 21-04-19
Important book but dreadful audio
This is a book that everyone needs to read, but sadly I couldn’t listen to it. Even at 0.75 speed, the author and narrator rattled through it so fast a)I couldn’t keep up with the information which is wide ranging and jumps about a lot. and b) it sounded like a rant. I tried it on half speed but that gave too much distortion. Normally I like books to be read by the author but this just didn’t work for me so am returning the audiobook and buying the kindle version.
34 people found this helpful
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- rena
- 11-11-19
awful narrator
i feel like she is shouting at me and very very preachy. i just want it to end. which is such a shame because the book sounds fantastic, i just can't listen to more than 30 seconds of the narrator without cringing.
17 people found this helpful
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-03-19
The best book I've read in ages
Read it, you won't regret it. The only point I took off was because, in some sections when the author was covering topics new to me, I would have liked her to speak slightly slower. Well researched, coherent and impactful. She put words and figures to many things I had been feeling but had been unable to explain satisfactorily to those who believe we live in an equal society. She points out lots of useful things we can do as a society about the problems raised.
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- love to cook
- 12-05-20
Unbalanced
She has some good points but she is unbalanced in her views. I am a doctor and she is wrong that we do not take sex in consideration in management of illnesses.Medical textbooks state the sex distribution of diseases. It is true that sex differences need to be studied more. Every research raises new questions. I get that society is biased toward males and that is for historical reasons. It is laudable that she is fervent that society should be fair and I applaud her for fighting for it.
Her reading of her book is not a good listen. She is too angry.
16 people found this helpful
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- Cat
- 30-03-19
Engaging and Memorable
I was reluctant to get this book as I don't subscribe to popular feminist views preferring to base my opinions on facts and figures rather than feelings. This book has all the facts and figures this mathematician could hope for. At points the figures provided (all sourced) were so shocking that it was difficult not to laugh in disbelief. As a mother who also works full time I appreciated having the audio book version to turn to as I was able to finish it within the week.
16 people found this helpful
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- Katie
- 20-03-19
Best book of the year so far
I love none fiction books but 8 do struggle with non fiction feminist books, even as a feminist women, as they often talk in circles. However this book is perfect as it is focused entirely on the facts. Perez doesn't need to embellish or simplify because the facts speak for themselves. Completely changed my view of the world. A book every women and every man, especially men, should read this year. Already reccomeded it to everyone irl
12 people found this helpful
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- F. Short
- 15-05-19
Eye opening and hugely important.
As an adult woman I felt I was fully versed in the various and multiple little ways the world works against us. I now realise I had no idea of, not just how unfair life can be for some women around the world, but also how invisible we are. Listening to this book made me gasp out loud on several occasions with shock, frustration or exasperation and my long-suffering husband got a running commentary on the bits I was just gobsmacked by. Whoever builds a family house with no kitchen or other typically female spaces? Not just once but repeatedly. A man who has never given "women's things" a second thought, that's who. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the world and why it is like it is.
8 people found this helpful
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- TAG
- 24-04-19
Everyone should read this
The content of this book is fascinating and horrifying in equal measure. It can be a bit circular at times, but I think that’s an indication of how ubiquitous the problems are.
On a different note, Random House, please stop making authors read their own work. This is a classic example of excellent content being underserved by less than excellent narration. At times it sounded like CCP was tongue-tied which was a shame because it distracted from the purpose of her words.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-19
Excellent book
Excellently delivered message, thoroughly researched. Very good explanations with many examples of the many different statistical biases that affect society's understanding of women.
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- KosmicTea
- 21-08-19
Incredible - Every Person should read this
I've not been able to put this down, it's fascinating. I first heard about this book on a podcast, and I couldn't wait to find out more. As a woman working in engineering I see a lot of data gaps and data bias in my work and knowing that I'm not alone is somewhat comforting, I feel galvanised to help spur change, I have been talking non stop about this book to anyone who stands still long enough to listen. I feel like knowing that there are gaps, and knowing that we CAN and SHOULD fix therm, is helpful, and a good thing. Everyone should read this book, it would help so many people to empathise and realise that actually, stats support feminism, stats support inter-sectional feminism. I wish I could give it more stars. I'll stop gushing now.
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- Alex
- 19-08-19
The most dangerous blind spots are the ones you don’t even know you have.
As a male, an architect and someone who regularly challenges assumptions as part of my job (or thinks he does), this book has kicked me in the ass. Hard.
This will make me a better designer by prompting me to ask better questions and reduce gender bias in my work . Also by allowing me to develop an awareness of when I am defaulting to design for males. It’s a start.
I can’t thank Caroline Criado Perez enough.
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Illuminating and infuriating in equal measure, this book made me want to quit my job and become a data scientist. While every example illustrating how women are written out of the world rang with my experiences, it still made me so mad!!
Companies like Google should take note - you are forgetting about half the damn world! And small businesses should think of the opportunities in catering to so many under-served customers. We should all be thinking about how we can make the world fairer, safer and easier for women and girls everywhere.
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- Pete
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Essential reading for all genders
As a gay man I thought I had things pretty tough but after reading this, I realised that being a woman presents an extraordinary number of tougher challenges. I found myself verbally commenting to myself in disbelief that some of the basic essential known data gaps are still not being recorded. Even worse, when the data is there to prove things need to be addressed or changed it’s being ignored. Medication, car safety, city design, home design, toilet design, disaster recovery... it’s all being designed or planned for the people making the decisions... men, just like me.
If only there was a solution to all of this... spoiler alert there is... equal standing, equal decision making, having equal numbers of woman contributing to these teams designing and planning... and if equal is too scary for you, step aside, you are the problem.
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- paula brown
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- julie
- 21-08-19
Must read
This book is a must read(listen) for all women and men. it will open your eyes to how the world really views half it’s population.
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- Birrarung fan
- 17-06-19
Packed with juicy stats that have changed the way I look at the world.
Highly recommended. While it's heavy on data (it's about data), it's presented clearly and based on relatable examples.
Male bias is everywhere and this book helps you see it where previously you might have just sort of perceived it.
The narrator is also excellent which is why I recommend the audio version especially unless you're using it for research & need to make notes.
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- LadyD
- 31-03-21
A must read for all
Thank you Carolyn for an insightful thought provoking book. A must read for all humans.
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- Thomas Michl
- 07-02-20
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Difficult and complex topic discussed in a mostly one-sided fashion. Has some fantastic and surprising insights but equally some other aspects are misleading and cherry-picked.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-01-20
Enlighting
Every person (make and female) should read this book. It exposes the largely invisible gap in the treatment of woman in every facet in society. It is narrated by the author herself and hence her passion for the subject comes through loud and clear. Even if you think you aren’t a feminist, read this book! I thoroughly enjoyed every moment and learnt so many things that once said seem obvious but that I’d never ever thought about!
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-20
Eye Opening
This book should be mandatory listening/reading for everyone. A bit stat heavy at time, but it's a book about data (and lack there of), so thats to be expected.
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