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Book · 2019 · Sex discrimination against women

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Perez · Brought up by 3 people on 2 podcasts

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Probably the ones that I have gifted the most is a book called Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. I really love it because I think it's a book of feminism that is accessible and I think resonates with people whether or not you're a man or a woman.
Dr. Gül Dölen · The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2023 Listen at 1:56:13

The best things said about it

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This is what Caroline CR Perez talks about when she in the great another great book invisible women where she writes about how um how so much of the built-in environment and the physical environment and tools.
Mary Harrington Modern Wisdom · Jan 2024
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My friend Karen and creative Paris wrote about in her book invisible women that one of the things these studies won't do often they will often exclude women from them if you're looking at any kind of medical study.
Helen Lewis Modern Wisdom · Dec 2022

Why people recommend it

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez is a profound examination of how modern society systematically ignores women, building a world designed primarily around a male default. Mary Harrington mentioned the work on Modern Wisdom to illustrate how modern infrastructure, physical environments, and tools fail to account for female needs. Furthermore, Dr. Gül Dölen brought up the book on The Tim Ferriss Show, noting that it is a piece of feminist writing she frequently gifts to others because of its broad accessibility, resonating deeply with readers regardless of gender. Helen Lewis also discussed the title on Modern Wisdom, highlighting how medical studies historically and routinely exclude women due to their hormonal cycles, reinforcing systemic biases in healthcare. Through these podcast mentions, the book emerges as an essential text that exposes the pervasive data gaps affecting women across diverse sectors of daily life, public policy, and scientific research. The speakers consistently emphasized the clarity and importance of Criado Perez's arguments in bringing these hidden disparities to light for a wider audience.

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Dr. Gül Dölen Probably the ones that I have gifted the most is a book called Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. I… 1
Recommended
“Probably the ones that I have gifted the most is a book called Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. I really love it because I think it's a book of feminism that is accessible and I think resonates with people whether or not you're a man or a woman.”
Mary Harrington this is what Caroline CR Perez talks about when she in the great another great book invisible women where s… 1
Recommended
“this is what Caroline CR Perez talks about when she in the great another great book invisible women where she writes about how um how so much of the built-in environment and the physical environment and tools”
Helen Lewis my friend Karen and creative Paris wrote about in her book invisible women that one of the things these stu… 1
Discussed
“my friend Karen and creative Paris wrote about in her book invisible women that one of the things these studies won't do often they will often exclude women from them if you're looking at any kind of medical study”