Paperback by Portobello Books, £12.99 (ebook £8.64)
Running through just a handful of instances from the
frighteningly long list of gender inequalities Criado-
Perez documents – like the fact that doctors are less
able to recognise heart attack symptoms in women because
they differ from men’s, or that university entry
requirements in China are routinely tougher for women,
or that thousands of girls are sold into marriage when
they’re still children every year – makes for maddening
reading.
And yet this book isn’t wholly depressing. Far
from it. Criado-Perez, an activist who faced months of
misogynistic abuse herself when in 2013 she started a
campaign to get a female historical figure reinstated on
a British bank note, chooses to focus on the pioneers
who, defiant in the face of sexism, are fighting to
change the status quo – and not just in a white, western
setting either.
Like Sheryl Sandberg’s feminist handbook
Lean In, but without the corporate focus, it’s a
powerful and inspiring read, celebrating game-changers
across the globe.
Book Review: Do It Like A Woman… And Change The World by Caroline Criado-Perez
