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Invisible Women

Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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Invisible Women

By: Caroline Criado Perez
Narrated by: Caroline Criado Perez
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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.

© Caroline Criado Perez 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

 Gender Studies History & Culture Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences Technology & Society Thought-Provoking Management

Critic Reviews

Revelatory – it should be required reading for policy and decision makers everywhere (Nicola Sturgeon)
HELL YES. This is one of those books that has the potential to change things – a monumental piece of research (Caitlin Moran)
Revelatory, frightening, hopeful. A secular Bible (Jeanette Winterson)
This book is a devastating indictment of institutionalised complacency and a rallying cry to fight back… Invisible Women should propel women into action. It should also be compulsory reading for men (Christina Patterson)
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)
Invisible Women is a game-changer; an uncompromising blitz of facts, sad, mad, bad and funny, making an unanswerable case and doing so brilliantly…the ambition and scope – and sheer originality – of Invisible Women is huge; no less than the story of what happens when we forget to account for half of humanity. It should be on every policymaker, politician and manager’s shelves (Melanie Reid)
Hugely readable, packed with facts and insight. An important book written with humour and flair (Robert Webb)
The thoroughness of Invisible Women doesn’t detract from its absolute readability. This is entertaining, scholarly and so very important. (Adam Rutherford)
Here are the facts! Caroline Criado Perez shines her penetrating gaze on the absence of women from the creation of most societal norms – from algorithms to medicinal doses to government policy. Knowledge is power – we all need to know how our systems work if we want change. Arm yourself with this book and press it into the hands of everyone you know. It is utterly brilliant! (Helena Kennedy)
Invisible Women is an absorbing cornucopia of thought-provoking facts - fascinating, alarming and face-palming in equal measures. Caroline Criado-Perez shows up the shortcomings of a world designed for men by men. The consequences of treating men as the default option, or women just as smaller men – if they get considered at all - has wide-reaching implications for everything (and everyone) from snow clearing to seat-belts and many branches of medicine. I shall certainly think of this book next time I have a heart attack, a car crash or just want to go to the toilet at the theatre. (Professor Gina Rippon)
All stars
Most relevant
Factual, evidence based review of the implications of gender data gap. Medicine, design, safety, employment, politics, efficiency, science, mathematics.

Must read by all

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Absolutely Brilliant book that opens your eyes to the reality of the world. very informative, highly recommend

Brilliant but heartbreaking and infuriating

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Fantastic read.
Strongly recommend to anyone regardless of gender, you’ll get something out of it.
Personally I found it a great book to listen to at the gym in particular, not so much before bed.

Frustrating and Brilliant.

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Powerfully written and beautifully read book that undeniably collates the data avaialane on many aspects of the world we experience around us. Women/womyn are not crazy for being bothered by the systems and structures and micro aggressions and macro aggressions we face each day. There’s data - and in many cases, an appalling lack of data, that show these systems for what they are: unjust and ripe for change. Thanks CCP!!

Excellent, finally data for what we all already sensed

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This is a must read for ALL Genders
( especially men).
Excellent eye opening statistics and scenarios.

Feminism

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