Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Author: Caroline Criado Perez
Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you’re a woman.Invisible Women shows us how, in….Read More
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