Caroline Criado Perez - Invisible Women

Rating: 5/5

Review:
Readable and fascinating

I agree with all the favorable reviews for Invisible Women; it is excellent. It is readable, fascinating and extremely well-researched.

Caroline Criado Perez has produced a real eye-opener of a book. She uses data to illustrate how women and their needs are simply omitted from planning in a huge range of areas. She says clearly that this is not deliberate, it is simply because the default assumption is that when we talk about “people” we are talking about men unless otherwise specified – or, as she puts it, “men go without saying.” She gives a wide range of fascinating examples from snow-clearing (believe it or not) to the allocation of space for toilets in public buildings and so on and so on. All of this is backed up with solid data and persuasive argument.

The great thing is that the book is so fascinating (and at times shocking) and so readable. I learned a huge amount and also thoroughly enjoyed reading it. This should be read by everyone; warmly recommended.