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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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Like so many of the decisions to exclude women in the interests of 'simplicity', from architecture to medical research, this conclusion could only be reached in a culture that conceives of men as the default human, and women as a niche aberration.
To distort a reality you are supposedly trying to measure makes sense only if you don't see women as essential. It doesn't make sense if you're talking about half the human race. And it doesn't make sense if you care about accurate data.
And there you have it. For years and years and years, society has ignored the fact that women are physiologically different to men and as a result have completely different needs. And as a result of this, women are being put in danger and mistreated because society treats them as an aberration from the "norm". In this, the 21st century, when women's capabilities, endurance and perspective is adding more value than ever, the fact that the design of things all around us is holding us back is ever more stark.
I am absolutely furious. Everybody needs to read this book. We are so far from an equal society, and we have no idea just how deep set that divide is.
To distort a reality you are supposedly trying to measure makes sense only if you don't see women as essential. It doesn't make sense if you're talking about half the human race. And it doesn't make sense if you care about accurate data.
And there you have it. For years and years and years, society has ignored the fact that women are physiologically different to men and as a result have completely different needs. And as a result of this, women are being put in danger and mistreated because society treats them as an aberration from the "norm". In this, the 21st century, when women's capabilities, endurance and perspective is adding more value than ever, the fact that the design of things all around us is holding us back is ever more stark.
I am absolutely furious. Everybody needs to read this book. We are so far from an equal society, and we have no idea just how deep set that divide is.
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Jul 08, 2019 12:52PM
I’m not sure I understand why this review has been hidden because of “spoilers�. It doesn’t say anything that I’ve already read in other reviews.
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Barbara wrote: "I’m not sure I understand why this review has been hidden because of “spoilers�. It doesn’t say anything that I’ve already read in other reviews."Good point Barbara! I think it was the default catagory for review (which I wrote on a fiddly phone screen) - I've taken the opportunity to remove the 'spoiler' classification and tidy it up a bit! Thanks :)
