Invisible Women

Invisible Women

This book is no rant, just facts and figures. Before you tell me the patriarchy is a figment of my imagination, please read it. The Invisible Woman is revelatory, terrifying, and hopeful. It's a living Bible.
— Jeanette Winterson, Caroline Criado-Pérez, a renowned British author, is simply Simone de Beauvoir with data.
—Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times
🚺 A story about half of the world's population being ignored and silenced, exposing the ubiquitous invisible discrimination in all aspects🚺 A book that completely updates your gender thinking: Our world is modeled after men, designed by men, and designed for men🚺 From campus to workplace, from pregnancy to illness, "Beauvoir, who masters data", shows her life of being ignored, exploited, and threatened🚺 A game-changing book, winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book Award🚺 A contemporary women's survival guide: How to survive and change in a world designed for men?
🚺 Sweeping the European and American markets, it has been translated into more than 30 languages, and the simplified Chinese version is introduced for the first time!
🚺 The most popular book in British bookstores, winner of the Royal Society Science Book Award, and highly recommended by the Dean of Oxford University: every page is full of facts and data🚺 Recommended by professors from prestigious universities such as Manchester University, Melbourne University, and Aston University, and jointly recommended by well-known media such as Nature and The Economist, and selected as the annual book of "New Statesman", "Observer" and "Sunday Times".
The world's neglect or threat to women exists in every gaze, every bus, every toilet, every ordinary working day, and every hidden corner of your and my life.
Women carry out 75% of unpaid care work, contributing $10 trillion to global GDP each year – yet receive less rest, no pay, and less social support;
Women's restrooms often have long queues, while men's restrooms are generally unobstructed. This is because women have different physiological structures and need to use the restroom 2.3 times longer than men. However, men's and women's restrooms are generally designed to be the same size, and men's restrooms can accommodate more people because they have urinals.
Women are 71% more likely to suffer minor injuries in car accidents than men, 47% more likely to suffer serious injuries, and 17% more likely to die.
Because cars are designed based on the male body, crash test dummies have been based on men for decades. Even in recent years, when female dummies were used for testing, physiological differences in women, such as muscle mass distribution and bone density, were not taken into account.
The same drug has far less effect on women than on men - this is because many drug experiments do not include women in the research, and 90% of pharmacology papers only describe research on male animals, with the male body being used to represent all of humanity.
From public transportation to government decision-making, from workplaces to hospital surgeries, behind a large number of "gender-neutral" rules, men are often seen as the default option, while women are ignored.
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"Invisible Women" is a game-changer. It should be on the bookshelf of every policymaker, politician, and administrator. Few books truly change the way you see the world. "Invisible Women" is that rare book. Caroline Criado Perez makes a powerful case that the world is designed for men.
—The Times
Beneath the surface of "Invisible Women," a rage lurches, surfacing periodically. But the book's power doesn't come from rhetoric—it comes from the steady, uninterrupted accumulation of evidence and the sheer weight of its arguments. Reading "Invisible Women," readers might feel as dizzy as I did, because many of the stories are my own or those of my friends.
—New Statesman Magazine Arm yourself with this book, and then slip it into the hands of everyone you know. This is an absolute gem!
—Helena Kennedy, British MP and former President of Mansfield College, Oxford University This book’s exploration of the “gender data gap” is a powerful weapon in every feminist struggle today.
--Helen Lewis, former deputy editor of the New Statesman "Impeccable facts and powerful stories are what move people. This winner of the McKinsey Business Book of the Year skillfully combines the two to shed light on one of the most important issues of our time."
—Kevin Sneed, Co-President, Asia Pacific, Goldman Sachs "Invisible Women" addresses a neglected topic—one we never see, let alone understand. This book offers a powerful, crucial, and eye-opening analysis of both knowledge and ignorance in gender politics. From technology to natural disasters, it's a fresh and timely reminder of why we desperately need women in leadership positions in the institutions that shape every aspect of our lives.
—Cordelia Fine, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne "Invisible Women is a fascinating book, filled with countless fascinating facts that provoke reflection. The consequences of treating men as the default, or women as smaller men (when women are considered at all), have far-reaching implications for everyone and everything, from snow shoveling to seat belts to many medical disciplines. I'll definitely be thinking of this book when I have a heart attack, a car accident, or need to use the restroom at the theater.
—Gina Rippon, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Aston University

2022-08-01

新星出版社

New Classic Culture

400

9787513349611