#4 in Politics & society
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Invisible Women” makes its case through accumulation: example after example of a world measured and built around men. Readers report learning a great deal and coming away angry, most of all at the part about doctors, where women’s symptoms go unheard. Some point out that the book itself says little about trans and non-binary people or about women of colour; it also discusses sexual assault, at one point graphically.
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About the book
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men is a 2019 book by British feminist author Caroline Criado Perez. The book describes the adverse effects on women caused by gender bias in big data collection.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.6 across 457 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 76% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Politics & society average of 8.0. That is how 8.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 35 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 422 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men?
It has 432 pages — longer than 73% of the ranked books in Politics & society.
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