Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado PérezMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book showed me how we are failing half the world population.
Women get ignored when they should be seen and they are harassed when they should be left alone.
A lot of the stuff in this book is not new to me, but I still managed to be surprised about the ways in which we leave out women when we are testing drugs, researching the human body, writing laws, designing products, using algorithms. In short, men have by design created systems that subjugate, exploit and objectify women.
The thing is, the patriarchy hurts everyone, not just women. Current events have me convinced that if women ruled the world, (presidents, Corporation CEO's) we wouldn't have the problems we have. Men are too emotional and brittle to run countries (look at Trump, Putin, Musk) Anyway, I digress.
This book is not a feel-good read, but it has given me more awareness. Unlike other social issues, I have hope that progress is inevitable, but we have to make it happen.
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