Invisible Women: Data Bias by Caroline Criado Pérez | Book Club

Full Title: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Host: Denise

Pages to read: 286
ISBN: 9781683353140 (Originally listed edition, and Edition I am Using)

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Forthcoming Associated Events:
1 - Perspectives - 02/25/2023 = The Code of Capital: Law, Wealth and Inequality by Katharina Pistor (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/289035684/)
2 - Contrast - 03/11/2023 = Inventing the Enemy by Umberto Eco (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/288373825/)
3 - Aristotle - 07/08/2023 = The Politics by Aristotle (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195734/)
4 - Visible Woman - 07/22/2023 = Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195761/)
5 - Culture - 08/05/2023 = The Girl at the Baggage Claim by Gish Jen (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/289035767/)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is the gender data gap?
•How is the gender data gap created?
•What happens when women’s experiences are left out?
•What does it mean to see the male experience as the universal?
•What is sex?
•What is gender?
•What is sexual harassment? What are uncertainties about sexual harassment?
•What happens in a misogynistic culture?
•What is invisible work?
•Who benefits from women’s invisible work?
•What is the gig economy?
•What are blind auditions?
•What is meritocracy? Does the U.S. have a meritocracy?
•How is infrastructure design discriminating again women?
•How is tool design discriminating again women?
•How did women show men the power of the invisible work in Iceland?
•How does the U.S. married-couple tax joint filling penalize women?
•How does women’s perspective impact profitability?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.