Nonfiction 5/

Statistics and data drive Perez’s conclusions about how the world—political, medical, economic, historical, educational, technological, even transportation design—is designed around the needs of men, and women are…invisible. Although, as a woman, I was aware on some level of many of the processes described in the book, many were not—and shocking. Even tiny things we all know like women’s clothing having no pockets, or phones built for larger hands, were revelatory. Taken all together, the insights are stupendous—and on hind-sight, obvious.