Invisible women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men

By:

Perez, Caroline Criado

Publication details: London: Vintage Books, 2020.Description: xv, 411p., note., ind., 20 cm X 13 cmISBN:

978-1784706289

Subject(s):

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

DDC classification:

305.420721

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 28 Aug 2023

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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

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