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This entire book made me think, “Ok, men” along the lines of ok, boomer.
It is infuriating how men not only structure absolutely fucking everything for themselves and then are completely unable to even see that they do it. It’s exhausting.
It’s deadly.
Men as a class have a lot to answer for.
When we eat the rich, we may want to consider also eating most of their gender as well.
It is infuriating how men not only structure absolutely fucking everything for themselves and then are completely unable to even see that they do it. It’s exhausting.
It’s deadly.
Men as a class have a lot to answer for.
When we eat the rich, we may want to consider also eating most of their gender as well.
The author reads her own book and reads it with just the right amount of frustration and anger.
And this is a book that should make you angry. The author makes a compelling case for how a variety of things have been designed in ways that are bad for women--public transportation, government policy, healthcare, housing. She shows how data isn't collected or, when collected, isn't properly disaggregated by sex or gender.
I had never really thought about the design of public transportation as a femin ...more
And this is a book that should make you angry. The author makes a compelling case for how a variety of things have been designed in ways that are bad for women--public transportation, government policy, healthcare, housing. She shows how data isn't collected or, when collected, isn't properly disaggregated by sex or gender.
I had never really thought about the design of public transportation as a femin ...more
This book surprised me in several ways. I had expected this to be a slow, dry read but it turned out to be a page turner filled with interesting insights that made me look at the world in a different way. From public restroom issues (equal doesn't mean equal - women often have children with them, and for obvious reasons take, on average 2.3 times as long to use the bathroom), to the real reason GDP went up in the 1970s (women moved from doing "unpaid" work in the home to being in the paid workfo
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I listened to the audio book read by the author. It is tremendous. Her frustration comes through loud and clear along with a bit of humor (you have to laugh or you will cry). Now I will have to purchase a paper copy to really look at the data. A lot of numbers fly by.
At first I thought: I cannot believe that 50 years later we are still facing this but Perez makes it clear why. In a world where most things are designed for the default male body by mostly males, it becomes clear where things are ...more
At first I thought: I cannot believe that 50 years later we are still facing this but Perez makes it clear why. In a world where most things are designed for the default male body by mostly males, it becomes clear where things are ...more
This book is about how women are left out of the data gathered on pretty much everything. Topics covered range from town design, the design of cars and medicines that work differently on men than on women. I think this is a very important topic and something that definitely needs to be addressed. The author does tend to repeat herself which started to annoy me a bit. The book is also pretty dry reading. The author does sometimes intersperse personal stories which helped liven things up but there
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Aug 03, 2020
Deedee
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