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Perez, Caroline Criado

Invisible women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men - London: Vintage Books, 2020. - xv, 411p., note., ind., 20 cm X 13 cm

Recommended by: Vidhi Chandraprakash (CCC 33)

Content:

Introduction: the default male
Part I: Daily life
Chapter 1: Can snow-clearing be sexist?
Chapter 2: Gender neutral with urinals
Part II: The workplace
Chapter 3: The long Friday
Chapter 4: The myth of meritocracy
Chapter 5: The Henry Higgins effect
Chapter 6: Being worth less than a shoe
Part III: Design
Chapter 7: The plough hypothesis
Chapter 8: One-size-fits-men
Chapter 9: A sea of dudes
Part IV: Going to the doctor
Chapter 10: The drugs don't work
Chapter 11: Yentl syndrome
Part V: Public life
Chapter 12: A costless resource to exploit
Chapter 13: From purse to wallet
Chapter 14: Women's rights are human rights
Part VI: When it goes wrong
Chapter 15: Who will rebuild?
Chapter 16: It's not the disaster that kills you


ISBN: 978-1784706289

Subjects--Topical Terms: --sex discrimination against women--male domination--social structure--research--social aspects--gender mainstreaming--data mining--sex role--research--methodology

Dewey Class. No.: 305.420721