Invisible women : data bias in a world designed for men / Caroline Criado Perez.

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Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Criado-Perez, Caroline (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Sex discrimination against women.
Male domination (Social structure)
Gender mainstreaming.
Research > Social aspects.
Data mining > Social aspects.
Big data > Social aspects.
Data mining.
Physical Description:xix, 419 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : the default male
  • Part I : Daily life. Can snow-clearing be sexist?
  • Gender neutral with urinals
  • Part II : The workplace
  • The long Friday
  • The myth of meritocracy
  • The Henry Higgins effect
  • Being worth less than a shoe
  • Part III : Design. The plough hypothesis
  • One-size-fits-men
  • A sea of dudes
  • Part IV : Going to the doctor. The drugs don't work
  • Yentl syndrome
  • Part V : Public life. A costless resource to exploit
  • From purse to wallet
  • Women's rights are human rights
  • Part VI : When it goes wrong. Who will rebuild?
  • It's not the disaster that kills you.