Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize Data is fundamental to the modern world.
Cities prioritize men\'s needs when designing public transportation, roads, and even snow removal, neglecting to consider women\'s safety or unique responsibiliti.
Product designers use a one-size-fits-all approach to everything from pianos to cell phones to voice recognition software, when in fact this approach is Designed to fit men.
Examining the home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor\'s office, and more, Criado Perez unearths a dangerous pattern in Data and its consequences on women\'s lives.
Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates this shocking root cause of gender inequality in the award-winning, #1 international bestseller Invisible Women.
And women pay tremendous costs for this insidious bias, in time, in money, and often with their lives.
But because so much Data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, Bias and discrimination are baked into our systems.
From economic development to health care to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions.
A landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in Data perpetuates Bias and disadvantages women, now in paperback Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world.
Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable expos that will change the way you look at the world.
Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women\'s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor\'s office, and more.
And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives.
But because so much Data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, Bias and discrimination are baked into our systems.
From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions.
Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize Data is fundamental to the modern world
