As March draws to a close, I'd like to thank everyone who read along and contributed to the discussion this month! This month has certainly been full of the unexpected and I hope all members are staying safe and healthy during this unprecedented time.
Admittedly, this was a rather heavy book to be reading during a pandemic. That said, I found it interesting and timely that disasters such as pandemics were referenced many times in the book - basically, the argument being that women are more vulnerable in times of crisis because we are not collecting sex-disaggregated data. I won't go into the grim details, but I will say that while I'm concerned for all sorts of different people during this time (the homeless, small business owners, etc.), I am concerned about the many women working in care positions and healthcare, and about the women for whom "home" is not necessarily a safe place to be. Do you think women are more at risk during this time? Do you think our reporting measures during COVID-19 will address women's risk factors in greater details?
Finally, I would love to hear any parting thoughts you have about the book in general. How did you feel after reading it? Enraged, educated, enlightened? How many stars (out of the Goodreads model of 5) would you give this book?
Admittedly, this was a rather heavy book to be reading during a pandemic. That said, I found it interesting and timely that disasters such as pandemics were referenced many times in the book - basically, the argument being that women are more vulnerable in times of crisis because we are not collecting sex-disaggregated data. I won't go into the grim details, but I will say that while I'm concerned for all sorts of different people during this time (the homeless, small business owners, etc.), I am concerned about the many women working in care positions and healthcare, and about the women for whom "home" is not necessarily a safe place to be. Do you think women are more at risk during this time? Do you think our reporting measures during COVID-19 will address women's risk factors in greater details?
Finally, I would love to hear any parting thoughts you have about the book in general. How did you feel after reading it? Enraged, educated, enlightened? How many stars (out of the Goodreads model of 5) would you give this book?
Thanks again, and I hope you'll join us in April as we delve into Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell.