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Highly recommended! (This is her first novel; I look forward to her subsequent work!)
A few impressive bits:
"I'm minded to pursue the current approach, given the sensitivities in this area, and reassess once we have greater visibility over how the strategy has been received," Will spoke, baritone and authoritative. "Urrrr," Genevieve's voice grumbled, … "is your Grand Plan of Action that you will carry on as usual and see what happens?" Adele and I stifled snorts as Will stammered his way through her dressing down. p162
"You know, it's so messed up he calls us girls," she fumed … I trained for seven fucking years to be here." [They're both lawyers at a huge firm.] "Ah! … But Sheryl Sandberg told us to LEAN IN! So, I guess we must be the problem?" p163
"You're a young woman in the corporate world: some of these men see the fact of your existence as an offering." p199
"So much of what is perceived to be 'intelligence' was Kit talking in a deep, male voice, being white and educated, and packaging up abhorrent views in grandiloquent, pretentious language. Men like Kit had been groomed from birth to speak the vernacular of success." p316
Plus free painkillers, and there would not only be extensive research on endometriosis or PCOS, no, scientists and medics would have figured out the causes for either and treatment as well. Also, hormonal contraceptives such as the pill would be completely free of any annoying side effects, and post-menopausal men wouldn't become invisible to society due to their age.
I forget who said it but I recall a quote that was something like “If men could get pregnant, abortions centers would be more common than Starbucks and birth control would come in cool ranch flavor”.
That is very accurate 😁
Or "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."