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Rated Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 10/10

Eye-opening... and infuriating. This book questions the notion of the "male default" and points out the gaping holes in data when it comes to providing a real picture of what people (50 percent of whom are female) want, need, and are capable of. It also acknowledges that misogyny comes in so many forms--it's not always flat out sexism, it's often blind spots among men (and plenty of women) who automatically see men as the default, and women as the "other." The medications we buy, the jobs we get, the cars we drive, the spaces we live in and work in are mostly built for male bodies and male preferences, and while it's understandable how we got here, there's no reason to stay the course. I'll never look at a study or data set quite the same way again.

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Published 2026-01-07 12:11 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere