Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the default male -- Part I: Daily life -- Chapter 1: Can snow-clearing be sexist? -- Chapter 2: Gender neutral with urinals -- Part II: The workplace -- Chapter 3: The long Friday -- Chapter 4: The myth of meritocracy -- Chapter 5: The Henry Higgins effect -- Chapter 6: Being worth less than a shoe -- Part III: Design -- Chapter 7: The plough hypothesis -- Chapter 8: One-size-fits-men -- Chapter 9: A sea of dudes -- Part IV: Going to the doctor -- Chapter 10: The drugs don't work -- Chapter 11: Yentl syndrome -- Part V: Public life -- Chapter 12: A costless resource to exploit -- Chapter 13: From purse to wallet -- Chapter 14: Women's rights are human rights -- Part VI: When it goes wrong -- Chapter 15: Who will rebuild? -- Chapter 16: It's not the disaster that kills you.

From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces and the media, Invisible Women reveals how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population, often with disastrous consequences. Caroline Cridado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the profound impact this has on us all.